I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

At any given moment life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, tending in a certain direction.

Each person on this planet is inherently, intrinsically capable of attaining "dizzying heights" of happiness and fulfillment.

What makes life dreary is want of motive.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

To most of us the real life is the life we do not lead.

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible ... what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!

Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.