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“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.”

“Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.”

“The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself.”

“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.”

“Each day provides its own gifts.”

“So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.”

“All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.”

“He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”

“Example has more followers than reason.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“When anger use your energy to do something productive.”

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”

“Respond to every call that excites your spirit.”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”

“You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

“Life is a gift -- use it.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.”

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”

“If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.”

“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.”

“Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.”

“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”

“Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”