What matters most is not what is behind us or before us, but what is within us.

Find the journey's end in every step.

Souls are not saved in bundles.

[A]s if life were a thunder-storm wherein you can see by a flash the horizon, and then cannot see your hand.

The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave.

Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance-will instantly vitiate the effect.