Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

I have observed that as long as one lives and bestirs himself, he can always find food and raiment, though it may not be of the choicest description.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.