Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

Happiness is a state of activity.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Success is not about seeking constant external validation; it's about having self-belief and confidence in your own abilities, regardless of others' opinions.

Poetry is what makes me laugh or cry or yawn.

Everything can be taken from a man but ... the last of the human freedoms to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.