"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

"Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously."

"Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all."

"If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done."

"The richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?"

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Too much of a good thing can be taxing."