A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Silence is a source of great strength.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

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

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go;
they merely determine where you start.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.