Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

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

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

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

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.