Never lend books - nobody ever returns them the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.

Tell me your thinking, and I’ll tell you what your life looks like.

In any situation, listen and follow the first instinct, the sacred inner voice.

The chance you take, may turn out to be the best decision you ever made." LJB

Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.

I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.

Fair and unfair are among the most influential words in English and must be delicately used.

A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value.

Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.

Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit.