It is tranquil people who accomplish much.

By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.

To forget all about your mistakes adds to them perhaps.

I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.

If you would learn to speak all tongues and conform to the customs of all nations, if you would travel farther than all travellers, be naturalized in all climes, and cause the Sphinx to dash her head against a stone, even obey the precept of the old philosopher, and Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve. Only the defeated and deserters go to the wars, cowards that run away and enlist.

Maturity is when all of your mirrors turn into windows.

The silence sings. It is musical. I remember a night when it was audible. I heard the unspeakable.