Words worth keeping

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Not all those who wander are lost.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.