Emotions and Feelings

The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who craves more.

Hold fast to dreams/For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams/For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

Imagination is a good horse to carry you over the ground—not a flying carpet to set you free from probability.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Misfortunes one can endure—they come from outside; they are accidents. But to suffer for one’s own faults—ah, there is the sting of life.

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.

I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Man loves company—even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability he has.

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.

If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have had the first horse that could operate its knee joint in both directions. The only trouble is it couldn’t have stood up.