My only consolation when I am really sad is to love and to be loved.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

The ultimate luxury in life remains nature.

What is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts.

I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too.