To me success means effectiveness in the world, that i am able to carry my ideas and values into the world? that i am able to change it in positive ways

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

No one has the right to consume happiness without producing it.

Anything that makes you weak physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject as poison.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

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