Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

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

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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

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