The last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given circumstances.

Enthusiasm is contagious.

People mature when they stop believing that politics solves their problems.

To lay a single cobblestone path is to have more virtue than a million hot takes.

A 'boost' of self-confidence is not nearly as helpful as being given reasons to pursue a better version of yourself.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

Caesar with the soul of Christ.

Not everyone gets the opportunity to be stressed by the potential to achieve exceptional things.

Bread and salt together but each his own tobacco.

He that refuses praise the first time it is offered does it because he would like to hear it a second.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

There was once a ladder that reached all the way to heaven yet no man climbed out of sight of the crowd.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.

Forever is composed of nows.

In living close to nature, one discovers that happiness does not consist in maximizing pleasure. It consists in tranquility. Once you have enjoyed tranquility long enough, you acquire actually an aversion to the thought of any very strong pleasure—excessive pleasure would disrupt your tranquility.

You never conquer the mountain, you only conquer yourself

The world doesn't need your whining, because they have their own.

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.