“His easy going behavior contrasts greatly with my restlessness”

“A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.”

“For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.”

“When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor.”

“When any distress or terror surprises us in the midst of our amusements, it naturally makes a deeper impression than at other times, either because the contrast makes us more keenly susceptible, or rather perhaps because our senses are then more open to impressions, and the shock is consequently stronger.”

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”