Seek first the virtues of the mind; and other things either will come, or will not be wanted.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

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

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

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

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.