An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it. - Richard Bach -

Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge : those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over - crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing. - Ramakrishn -

Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
- Richard Bach -

Can miles truly separate you from friends? If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? - Richard Bach -

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. - Richard Bach -

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. - Richard Bach -

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
- Richard Bach -

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
- Richard Bach -

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't! - Richard Bach -

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? - Richard Bach -

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were. - Richard Bach -

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats. - Richard Bach -

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. - Richard Bach -

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. - Richard Bach -

In order to win, you must expect to win.
- Richard Bach -

Learning is finding out what you already know.
- Richard Bach -

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
- Richard Bach -

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.
- Richard Bach -

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
- Richard Bach -

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. - Richard Bach -

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly. - Richard Bach -

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. - Richard Bach -

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. - Richard Bach -

You teach best what you most need to learn.
- Richard Bach -

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. - Richard Bach -

As long as you are a person with an ego of your own, cannot conceive, think of or perceive God other than as a person. -Ramakrishna -

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it. - Ramakrishna -

Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere; act according to your thoughts; and you shall surely succeed. Pray with a sincere and simple heart, and your prayers will be heard. - Ramakrishna -

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be. - Ramakrishna -

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole. - Ramakrishna

God cannot be seen so long as there is the slightest taint of desire. Therefore have your minor desires satisfied , and renounce the major ones through right reasoning and discrimination. - Ramakrishna -

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer. - Ramakrishna -

God is our inner controller; He will certainly listen to our prayer if it is sincere. - Ramakrishna -

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached. - Ramakrishna -

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. - Ramakrishna -

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him. - Ramakrishna -

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. - Ramakrishna -

Achievement brings its own anticlimax. -Maya Angelou-

All great achievements require time. -Maya Angelou-

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. -Maya Angelou-

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Maya Angelou

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. -Maya Angelou-

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. -Maya Angelou-

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. -Maya Angelou-

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. -Maya Angelou-

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations. -Maya Angelou -

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! -Maya Angelou-

I believe that every person is born with talent. -Maya Angelou-

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. -Maya Angelou-

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed. -Maya Angelou-

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities. -Maya Angelou-

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. -Maya Angelou-

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. -Maya Angelou-

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. -Maya Angelou-

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Confucius-

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius-

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. -Confucius-

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. -Confucius-

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. -Confucius-

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. -Confucius-

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. -Confucius-

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven. -Confucius-

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. -Confucius-

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. -Confucius-

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. -Confucius-

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. -Confucius-

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. -Confucius-

Heaven means to be one with God. -Confucius-

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius-

If we don't know life, how can we know death? -Confucius-

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? -Confucius-

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. -Confucius-

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. -Confucius-

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. -Confucius-

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. -Confucius-

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. -Confucius-

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself! -Confucius-

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. -Confucius-

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. -Confucius-

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. -Confucius-

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Confucius-

Silence is a true friend who never betrays. -Confucius-

Study the past, if you would divine the future. -Confucius-

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. -Confucius-

The cautious seldom err. -Confucius-

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. -Confucius-

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. -Confucius-

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -Confucius-

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. -Confucius-

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. -Confucius-

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. -Confucius-

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. -Confucius-

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. -Confucius-

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. -Confucius-

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. -Confucius-

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. -Confucius-

When anger rises, think of the consequences. -Confucius-

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. -Confucius-

When you are labouring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. -Confucius-

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius-

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. -Helen Keller-

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. -Helen Keller-

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller-

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction! -Helen Keller-

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller-

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. -Helen Keller-

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. -Helen Keller-

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. -Helen Keller-

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. -Helen Keller-

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. -Helen Keller-

It gives me a deep comforting sense that "things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal." -Helen Keller-

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. -Helen Keller-

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing. -Helen Keller-

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length. -Helen Keller-

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -Helen Keller-

Knowledge is love and light and vision. -Helen Keller-

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. -Helen Keller-

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. -Helen Keller-

Life is either a great adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller-

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. -Helen Keller-

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. -Helen Keller-

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. -Helen Keller-

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. -Helen Keller-

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. -Helen Keller-

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. -Helen Keller-

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. -Helen Keller-

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. -Helen Keller-

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. -Helen Keller-

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! -Helen Keller-

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller-

The highest result of education is tolerance. -Helen Keller-

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker. -Helen Keller-

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. -Helen Keller-

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. -Helen Keller -

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained. -Helen Keller -

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. -Helen Keller -

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. -Helen Keller-

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us. -Helen Keller-

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. -Helen Keller-