Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.