You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

True love doesn't come to you; it has to be inside you.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. He alone lives, while other people, slaves of ceremony, let life slip past them in a kind of dream.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached their goal, while others obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart.

From this day forward speak to yourself in a way that you would someone you care about.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.