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

Recommended reading: Swann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time.

The problem with the world is that we draw our family circle too small.

Recommended reading: No Greater Love.

Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more… to give way to the happiness of the person you love.

Recommended reading: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

Recommended reading: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.

Recommended reading: Steve Jobs.

That which holds the attention, determines the action.

Recommended reading: The Will to Believe.

It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

Recommended reading: Essays In Persuasion.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Recommended reading: Walden.

All labour that uplifts humanity must be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Recommended Reading:  Strength to Love.

The enemy of the black is not the white. The enemy of capitalist is not communist, the enemy of homosexual is not heterosexual, the enemy of Jew is not Arab, the enemy of youth is not the old, the enemy of hip is not redneck, the enemy of Chicano is not gringo and the enemy of women is not men. We all have the same enemy. The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind. The enemy is every expert who practices technocratic manipulation, the enemy is every proponent of standardization and the enemy is every victim who is so dull and lazy and weak as to allow himself to be manipulated and standardized.

Recommended reading: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.