The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome.

Literature is my Utopia.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.