“Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie”

“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ”

“Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.”

“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done”

“It is better to plan less and do more”

“All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly”