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

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

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

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