The sad truth of history has always been that the unreasoning masses follow the powerful, and not the wise.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
It is still cheating, even if nobody comes.
If you do not cultivate your life's environment, you will not captivate the worlds enlightenment.
Your personal truth is your gift to the world.
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
Even if it's not appreciated, do your best. Integrity will take you further than acknowledgement.
It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.