Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.
Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.
Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim.
Cat: Where are you going? Alice: Which way should I go? Cat: That depends on where you are going. Alice: I don’t know. Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.
I am not strange. I am just not normal.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
Don’t explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you.
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done is done.
Every moment in life is an act of faith.
Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
“You are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,” said the dewdrop to the lake.
The real friendship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened.
The only thing harder than letting go is moving on.
When you are confused, it’s a blessing because in confusion a concept is being broken in your mind and a new concept is being formed. This is a sign of progress.