No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him

Tell him to live by yes and no -- yes to everything good, no to everything bad.

I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision

There are two births: the one when lightFirst strikes the new awakened sense;The other when two souls unite,And we must count our life from thence,When you loved me and I loved you,Then both of us were born anew.

. . . I do not see how it is possible that creatures in such different positions and with such different powers as human individuals are, should have exactly the same functions nor should we be expected to work out identical solutions. Each, from his peculiar angle of observation, takes in a certain sphere of fact and trouble, which each must deal with in a unique manner.