All that you’ve loved is all you own.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

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

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

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

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

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.