“Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.”

Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.

What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.

We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.

I wait for the morning of my tears.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

Hope is a four letter word but so is hurt.

There’s too much hurt in loving but too little life in not.

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

The older you get, the more you learn to see what you’ve been taught to see. When you’re a kid, you see what’s there.

When I’m not with the one I love, I love the one I’m with.