“Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.”

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

Everything comes too late for those who only wait.

Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.

What we call God’s justice is only man’s idea of what he would do if he were God.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

The dance goes from realizing that you’re separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.

Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying.

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.