“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more