What is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.