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

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

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

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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