Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.

If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism, and much more, only to find that truth is basically simple and feels good, clear and right.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

Choices are the hinges of destiny.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes.

Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying a grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.