A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you’re young. But you can’t let money erode your principles or you’ll wind up with nothing.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize.
You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’
You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
You can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found.
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies?
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
What makes the desert beautiful, is that it hides a well somewhere…[translation by Richard Howard]What makes the desert beautiful, is that somewhere it hides a well…[translation by Katherine Woods]
