Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

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

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.