He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Curb your desire—don’t set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need

In love, all the contradictions of existence merge themselves and are lost.

Information is not knowledge.

You have to be able to take it as well as dish it out. Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.

Hard times require furious dancing.

Deeper than the sea is the spirit of man.