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I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.

Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.

Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

The deep roots never doubt spring will come.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.