A wise man never loses anything if he have himself.

Michel de Montaigne

The simplest things are often the truest.

Richard Bach

Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.

Emerson

The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration.

Swami Vivekananda

Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

Victor Hugo

If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

Lev Grossman