The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Maybe happiness isn’t what you believe, but who you believe.

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

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come.

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

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

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.