The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.