There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.