What others have said about being alive.

What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.

Know thyself.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, do not adjust the goals — adjust the action steps.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

From caring comes courage.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

I know that I know nothing.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

Not to feel that one's existence is meaningless is the highest joy.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

You only lose what you cling to.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you,' it will be enough.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

What you seek is seeking you.

Patience is the key to joy.

Trust in God — but tie up your camel.

The intelligent want self-control; children want candy.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I think, therefore I am.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Man is condemned to be free.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Become who you are.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Hell is other people.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

The only journey is the one within.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.

The only way out is through.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Not all those who wander are lost.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. I have walked myself into my best thoughts.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love.

We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Have a mind that is open to everything, attached to nothing.

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Nothing in nature blooms all year. Be patient with yourself.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Hope is a thing with feathers — that perches in the soul — and sings the tune without the words.

I dwell in possibility.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Stories are how we make sense of being alive.

Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.

Healing comes in waves — and maybe today the wave hits the rocks. That's ok, darling. You are still healing.

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

If you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Tears are words that need to be written.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

One day or day one. You decide.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

Common sense is not so common.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

We are all broken. That's how the light gets in.

The future depends on what you do today.

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

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

Death is nothing else but going home to God; the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

We rise by lifting others.