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 Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many read more 
 Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are
possessed by our possessions. 
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
 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. 
It's important to me that money not be important to me.
It's important to me that money not be important to me.
 A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but
as a group decide nothing can be read more 
 A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but
as a group decide nothing can be done. 
 Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.  
 Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it. 
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
 Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
others.  
 Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
others. 
 You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You
must want it with an inner exuberance read more 
 You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You
must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and
joins the energy that created the world.