Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.