"Don't let fears of what could go wrong stand in the way of what could go right."

"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."