Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Well done is better than well said.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
If you know the why, you can live any how.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.