Your passions should fit you exactly but your purpose in life should exceed you.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.

Be happy, take care of your teeth, always let your conscience be your guide.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Progress is not possible without deviation.