You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.