Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfills its destiny.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

A smile is the brightness of love

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Never allow someone to be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Time flows away like the water in the river.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

How could a decent person ever rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men.

Love is given to us from an inexhaustible source to let it wisely flow on to others.

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.