Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

The principle part of faith is patience.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.