Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that you use it so little.

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

[Spring is] a true reconstructionist.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

I think wholeness comes from living your life consciously during the day and then exploring your inner life or unconscious at night.

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.