“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.”
“The most decisive actions of our life are most often unconsidered actions.”
“It is with the smallest brushes that one paints the best things.”
“The color of truth is gray.”
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
“Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.”
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“Wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.”
“A man only has the right to look down on another when he helps him to lift himself up.”
“No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you have already had.”
“The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.”
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”
“He who awaits much can expect little.”
“No medicine cures what happiness cannot.”
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”