God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
Imitation is suicide.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
Life is a festival only to the wise.