Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.