“I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.”

Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.

Inside each one of us is a beautiful flower garden. This is the garden of the soul. With each lesson we learn, the garden grows. As we learn together, our individual gardens form a tranquil paradise.

True success is the only thing that you cannot have unless and until you have offered it to others.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.

Each individual has to know himself. He has to know himself as the infinite, eternal and immortal Consciousness.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.

If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.

It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.

Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration. Whatever you do, do with love and concern. Whomever you see, see with purity’s beauty And responsibility’s glory.

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

True humility means giving joy to others.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.

I’ve seen very few people in the world accomplish anything unless they were optimists.

We are called to be fruitful – not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

In business, you take a swing and you hope that you hit a home run, but sometimes you strike out. Strikeouts and failures are important. Being down, getting punched in the gut every once in a while by life and coming back up, that’s accomplishment.

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.