Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

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

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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

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

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

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.