The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

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