Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

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

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

Some things are best mended by a break.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.