in perpetuating inspiration

I don’t know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I’ve had a lot of extra time to enjoy life. ”

Prince, what you are, you are through the accident of birth. What I am, I am through my own efforts. There have been many princes and there will be thousands more. But there is only one Beethoven! ”

Make today worth remembering tomorrow ”

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. ”

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. ”

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind are always attained by giving them to someone else. ”

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ”

You were born to do things that have never been done before and to understand things that have never been understood. ”