Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.