Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.