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.

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

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy it.

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

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

Great hopes make great men.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

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

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.