There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but external events are in no way responsible. It's my body that insists on reasoning. These are the opinions of my stomach.'

I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the ocean's expanse, your eye is completely relaxed; once your eye is relaxed, your mind is unfettered.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

To think is to say 'no.'