We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.
You are what you believe yourself to be.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
Be – don’t try to become.
I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.
What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.
You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.