There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

One’s happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

One’s happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain.