Chance favors only the prepared mind.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

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

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

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

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

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

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.