As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Desire is the very essence of man.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Don't take tomorrow to bed with you.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.