Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

The world only exists in your eyes... You can make it as big or as small as you want.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.