Archived Quotes

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Christmas waves a magic

wand over this world,

and behold, everything is

softer and more beautiful.

In the long run,

the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

A man is a method,

a progressive arrangement;

a selecting principle,

gathering his like to him;

wherever he goes.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Watch your thoughts,

for they will become actions.

Watch your actions,

for they’ll become… character.

Carry out a random act of kindness,

with no expectation of reward.

The pain now is part of the happiness then.

That’s the deal.

Less is more.

To live is the rarest thing in the world.

Most people exist,

that is all.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Things do not happen.

Things are made to happen.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day;

a movement is only people moving.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart

into his work and done his best;

but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible the fear of failure.

If you want others to be happy,

practice compassion.

If you want to be happy,

practice compassion.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

If I were to try to read,

much less answer,

all the attacks made on me,

this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

If the great American people will only keep their temper,

on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end,

and the question which now distracts the country

will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of

like character which have originated in this government

have been adjusted.