To think we are able, is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. A cold in the head cause less suffering than an idea. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
Love is but another name for that inscrutable presence by which the soul is connected with humanity.
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings. The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.