It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.