The human mind always makes progress, but it is progress in spirals.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

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

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

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

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.