Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
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.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.