The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

The only real laughter comes from despair.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

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'.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!