How long a time lies in one little word!

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

On his tongue they pour sweet dew, and from his mouth flow gentle words.

One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

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.

Aloha is free.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, one hundred.

Don’t make yourself miserable with what is to come or not to come.

History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.

Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all—the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved.

I think it’s important to realize that you can miss something, but not want it back.