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

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe

Knowledge has three degrees opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you would have left them long ago

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel, are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur

Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer

Silence is a source of great strength

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever