Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise.

The good leader is he who the people revere.

The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

I do not fix problems.

I fix my thinking.

Then problems fix themselves.

You are not rich until you have a rich heart.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

With the strength of our love and our will we can change our destiny as well as the destiny of many others.

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.

Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.