“The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.”

Ugliness without tact is horrible.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Sunlight is painting.

Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.

This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.

Dream strange things and make them look like truth.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a lovebeam of God’s care and pity for every separate need.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we’ve been talking, I think that’s really fun.

I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that’s the first thing I look for.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.