Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.
Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
Where there is love there is life.
Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly.
Can you remember a time when you had nothing to eat, nowhere to live, no clothes to wear and no friends. You can't? Because there never was such a time. One of the deepest faiths is that you will always receive what you need. Every time you fear that will not receive what you need, or that others will acquire everything before you, and so deny you, you loose the first and most important faith. The faith that you are worthy and that all your needs will be met. The death of this faith is the birth of desire, and desire eventually becomes greed. Faith is living in the intuitive conviction that all your needs will be met at every level - spiritual, mental and physical. Paradoxically it is the power of that faith that works like a magnet and makes it happen. You won't need to fight anything. Faith attracts all that you need, but not as long as you still want!
Read one quote a day and keep it in mind for that day.
I understand why people are frightened, but at the same time we don't want our lives to be totally disrupted by a terrorist act
All art is an imitation of nature.
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is within us.
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is possible to help them restore their self-belief by keeping a firm, clear vision of their goodness and specialities. Taking a gently encouraging approach, I must never give up on anyone.
We can learn even from our enemies.
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
