Think it.Perceive it.Speak it.Predict it.See it.Dream it.Believe it. Achieve it.

Compassion is a seed,empathy is the root,kindness is the stem,charity is the tree,and love is the fruit.Intelligence is a seed,understanding is the root,intuition is the stem,knowledge is the tree,and wisdom is the fruit.Skill is a seed,talent is the root,excellence is the stem,brilliance is the tree, and genius is the fruit.

Competence makes the rules,intelligence follows the rules,excellence bends the rules,and brilliance breaks the rules.Skill follows the rules, talent replaces the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

Time crawls when you are bored,walks when you are occupied,runs when you are busy,but flies when you are having fun.Death creeps when you are bored,skulks when you are occupied,slithers when you are busy,but strikes when you are having fun.Life tarries when you are bored,hastens when you are occupied,scurries when you are busy,but disappears when you are having fun.

I was taught by family at ten.I was taught by books at twenty.I was taught by enemies at thirty.I was taught by nature at forty.I was taught by life at fifty.At ten, I was foolish.At twenty, I was naïve.At thirty, I was alert.At forty, I was experienced.At fifty, I was wise.

The weak forgive none, the strong forgive some, the great forgive many, and the enlightened forgive all.Trust unites, fear divides, mercy heals, and love conquers.

The heart is a classroom,the soul is a teacher,the mind is a student,and life is the exam.The world is a university,the universe is our professor,wisdom is our homework,and love is our final exam.Life is an academy,God is the instructor,character is the assignment,and virtue is the exam.

Wisdom is my religion.Books are my priest.Libraries are my temple.Enlightenment is my heaven.Love is my religion.Compassion is my priest.The world is my temple.The universe is my heaven.Truth is my religion.Conscience is my priest.Conviction is my temple.Virtue is my heaven.Freedom is my religion.Tolerance is my priest.Harmony is my temple.Peace is my heaven.Nature is my religion.Light is my priest.Time is my temple.Eternity is my heaven.

I am injustice,” said tyranny.“I am lawlessness,” said corruption.“I am inequality,” said bigotry.“I am intolerance,” said racism.“I am destruction,” said immorality.“I am independence,” said freedom.“I am fairness,” said justice. “I am humanity,” said compassion.“I am tolerance,” said understanding.“I am restoration,” said goodness.