"The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such."
"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars."
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."
"Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment."
"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars."
"Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats."