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.

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower.

Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should.

You don't become what you want. You become what you believe.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.