Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.