Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
To try to be better is to be better.
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.