I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

To a greater force, and to a better nature, you, free, are subject, and that creates the mind in you, which the heavens have not in their charge. Therefore if the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's--eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Follow your desire as long as you live and do not perform more than ordered; do not lessen the time following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.

The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.