Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Aloha is free.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.