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“Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.”

“In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.”

“If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.”

“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”

“The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.”

“Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.”

“Life is temporal. Time is fleeting. God is permanent. Eternity is enduring.”

“Enough pain will keep you humble. Enough grief will keep you compassionate. Enough trouble will keep you strong. Enough hardship will keep you grateful.”

“If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.”

“It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.”

“Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.”

“A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.”

“Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.”

“Your father you esteem. Your mother you pamper. Your relatives you regard. Your friends you value. Your neighbors you respect. Your enemies you pardon.”

“Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.”

“It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.”

“Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.”

“The mind speaks, though it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.”

“When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.”

“Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.”

“To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.”

“It is easier to teach saints than to learn from sinners. It is easier to teach young students than to guide old fools. It is easier to chastise saints than to caution sinners. It is easier to shine in the dark than to glow in the light. It is easier to multiply enemies than to accumulate friends. It is easier to embrace your angel than to face your demons. It is easier to fight an army of opinions than a single truth. It is easier to rise with enemies than to fall with friends. It is easier to fall into sin than to rise into virtue. It is easier to rise from defeat than to rise from ignorance. It is easier to survive a blow from a friend than a kiss from an enemy. It is easier to conquer a thousand devils than a single angel. It is easier to rise from love than to soar from hate. It is easier to move mountains by faith than hills by your hands. It is easier for stars to shine than for truth to glow. It is easier to resist pain than to defy pleasure. It is easier to appease the strong than to wrestle the mighty. It is easier to tame the mind than to bridle the soul. It is easier to fight an army than to grapple with your conscience. It is easier to embrace the future than to understand the past. It is easier for the sun to shine than for the moon to glow. It is easier for small seeds to rise than for big trees to grow. It is easier to heal a wounded heart than a broken soul. It is easier to rule the mind than to conquer the soul. It is easier to conquer your enemies than to master your fears.”