“People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.” 

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.” 

“You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.” 

“Close some doors today, not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.”

 “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal.” 

“Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.” –

“Miracles only happen if you believe in miracles.”

 “Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.” 

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

 “When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.” –

“You are what you believe yourself to be.”

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” 

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” 

 “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

 “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

 “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

 “You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.”

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time.