“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”

“Peace comes from within.”

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

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

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’”

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.”

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.”