Life and love would go on. Even though it would happen without me, the idea brought me joy.
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will. ' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you.
Anacharsis coming to Athens, knocked at Solon's door, and told him that he, being a stranger, was come to be his guest, and contract a friendship with him; and Solon replying, "It is better to make friends at home," Anacharsis replied, "Then you that are at home make friendship with me.
One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.