| The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say -- because they were too obvious. |
| Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. |
| There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. |
| In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future. |
| It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. |
| Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. |
| Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. |
| The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered. |
| One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. |
| Art is a collarboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. |
| It is better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for what you are not. |
| Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
| Believe those who are seeking the truth doubt those who find it. |
