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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“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.”

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

“Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.”

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”

“Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought — so what are you lacking? If you have will-power , then you can do anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

“There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.”

“‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.”