Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.

Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.

One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Trouble's made us kin.

Trouble's made us kin.

One can say everything best over a meal.

One can say everything best over a meal.

Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.

It's never too late to be who you were meant to be.