Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

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.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.