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

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Love is really... a recognition of another person’s integrity and truth.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.