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

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

Think progress, not perfection.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover.

I will have to remember "I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators".

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation. You are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them.

He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.