One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

What else can we do in the wilderness, than to wonder?

Virtue must shape itself in deed.

Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting

Nothing can grow under big trees.

The essence of that which is like unto itself, is drawn.

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.

Everytime you read, you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies.

Too often we become so consumed with how we spend our days that we lose track of how we are spending our lives.

Never do for someone what they can do for themselves.

if we focus on what's ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives