Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

We live in the world when we love it.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

Do all things with love.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.

It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

It's always too early to quit.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.