For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct a standard of courage discipline fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

You don't dream so that you can remember it. You dream to achieve it.

Silence can be intimidating, sometimes provocative, sometimes a form of resistance because it dislocates.

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since.

The key to life is imagination.

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

We have become so dependent on technology. I am not fond of technology myself, and I do not have a smart phone.