Henri-Frederic Amiel

It takes years to find your voice and seize your real estate.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

I don’t know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

People who are capable of and fit for freedom liberate themselves from physical thralldom by substituting mind for muscle.

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

Enjoy what other people do and learn from them.

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?

You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don’t stop until you’ve filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don’t need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends’ accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.

If you believe you deserve better, you will create better for yourself.

Life can’t be all that bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood. But everyone has something to give.