Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
