Obstacles don't have to stop you.  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Lost time is never found again.

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Honesty is the best policy.

Always desire to learn something useful.

My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

We shall never know all the good
that a simple smile can do.

When we are no longer able to change a situation,  we are challenged to change ourselves.

Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.

If you change the way you look at things,
the things you look at change.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:

Decide what you want.