Live simply, that others may simply live.

Mohandas Gandhi

 To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Buddha

Wealth and children are the adornment of this present life, but good works, which are lasting, are better in the sight of thy Lord as to recompense, and better as to hope.

The Koran

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

Kahlil Gibran

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Buddha

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.  Love them anyway.

Mother Teresa

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened.  Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa

You must become the change you wish to see in the world.

Mohandas Gandhi

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Gandhi

You must not lose faith in humanity.  Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Gandhi

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Thomas Paine

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

Gandhi

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you were to live forever.

Gandhi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Gandhi

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.

Gandhi

It may be long before the law of love will be recognized in international affairs.  The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.

Gandhi

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I fell kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

Gandhi

Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.

Gandhi

Indeed one’s faith in one’s plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is blackest.

Gandhi

That service is noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Gandhi

[A]ll other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

Gandhi