The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
To try to be better is to be better.
The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.