“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality”
“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence”
“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion”
“And so being young and dipt in folly I fell in love with melancholy”
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
“Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.”
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
“The wise warrior avoids the battle.”
“All you have to do is pay attention: lessons always arrive when you are ready.”
“Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”
“Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success”
“Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing.”
“The ego is not master in its own house.”