Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

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

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful.

Let everything you do be done in love.

There is no deeper desire than the desire of being revealed.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

The struggle, like life itself, should be joyful.

To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.