Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it’s worth considering.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.