Let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe in being an innovator.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

A life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

May you live all the days of your life.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

Once you label me you negate me.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong in the broken places.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Into each life some rain must fall.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing, and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

A person free to choose will always choose peace.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.