Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

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

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

I found my place when I stopped looking for it.

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

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.