I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good read more

You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to read more

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

Every burden is a blessing.

Every burden is a blessing.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.

We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, read more

We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams -- even if it takes a lifetime.

When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success
mechanism" within you takes over and does the read more

When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success
mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than
you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".