“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”

“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.”

“There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides; it is when they attend only to one that errors harden into prejudices.”

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.”

“Everything has been done before. Do it better!”

“You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.”

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion . . . that is a friend who cares.”