Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.

The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.