When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own.

Good female friendships are the strongest relationships in the world.

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

It took me awhile to learn the rules. OK, it took the librarian in me weeks of careful obsessive research to learn the rules. There was a label maker involved. I'd rather not go into it.

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.

Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.

Love seeks not to possess, but to be possessed.