Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.

There might be a million wrong people in your life, but when the right one comes everything looks dark.

At the end of the day, taking 50% off a $250 dress still means walking out of the store $125 poorer.

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.

Fundamental [tax] reform almost always runs the risk of making things worse.

I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

I see but one rule: to be clear.