Arthur Helps said:

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.