“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.