Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health lightens the efforts of body and mind. It enables a man to crowd much work into a narrow compass. Without it, little can be earned, and that little by slow, exhausting toil.
. . . as far as self-discipline goes, it's still ultimately up to me how well I can push myself. Only I can do that. I just have to keep on going, keep on working, keep on improving.
There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.
We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.
I'm happy with what I've achieved.