Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical
misrepresentation.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical
misrepresentation.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve read more

What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions
between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and
matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long
forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is
nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of
every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.