"Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly."
"The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered."
"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. more Inspirational quotes"