All some folks want is their fair share and yours.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids’ parties for about three years.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Love… It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from...

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea...

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very...

If you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Most people are nice and just want to have a chat.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.