All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity

Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

We see things not as they are, but as we are. Our perception is shaped by our previous experiences.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.