In quietness the soul expands.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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

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

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

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

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

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

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.