Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.

Do one thing at a time and while doing it, put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

Success is not measured solely by external achievements; it is also measured by the growth and transformation you undergo.

“The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.”