Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.

The witch doctor succeeds for the same reason all the rest of us succeed. Each patient carries his or her own doctor inside him or her. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated.

It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.