Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines. - Ralph Emerson

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. - William Shakespeare

Real success is finding your #lifework in the work that you love. - David McCullough

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. - Thomas Paine

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. - Mother Teresa

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. - Joan Didion

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. - Epictetus

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. - Moliere

The creative adult is the child who survived. - Ursula Leguin

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. - Diogenes