I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?