“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

They only are wise who know that they know nothing.

Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

Speech is silver, silence is golden.

Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you’re alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

True thinking is rare – just like true listening.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

The devil is not as black as he is painted.

Let it go, let it leave, let it happen. Nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway.

And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.

Who tricked you into believing another person was meant to complete you when the most they can do is a compliment.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.