“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

“The idea is to die young as late as possible.”

“Everyone is the architect of their own happiness.”

“It is not how old you are, but how you are old.”

I Worried: I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better? Will I…

“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid to change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”