Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".

Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.

Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?

It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.