Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Braveness is resistance to concern, mastery of panic - not absense of anxiety.
I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies in my house in a spirit of hatred, exasperation and contempt. My praise to God for all his works was dishonest, the act of killing the fly was honest.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the "what is next", of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.