No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs.

Wind is to us what money is to life on shore..

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?.

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..

Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only i….

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see..

Know that you are a spark of God and can exist fully only within the realization of that profound truth. As such, you are a light and inspiration to ….

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail..

To fly we have to have resistance..

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start..

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality..

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong..

No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it..

You are far too smart to be the only thing standing in your way..

One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun..

Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory ….

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance..

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely..

Problems are good, as long as you solve them quickly..

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit..

Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in tha….