"It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise."

"It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear."

"It is a essential truth that patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance."

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

"It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health."

"To love truly means recognizing that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body."

"Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property."