The best proof of love is trust. I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
We learn only when it is too late that the marvel is the passing moment. There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.