"There is no limitation other than what you think."

“When in doubt, exchange.”

“All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded you. The speech they weave is a link between you and your human siblings. The consequences that cause sorrow and rapture are the seeds that the past has sown in the field of the soul, and by which the future shall profit.”

“A Europe that qualifies its own values is not attractive in the eyes of Muslims. Europe must conduct itself as a strong partner, both intellectually and spiritually, and it must be convinced of its own advantages. This is the only way we will gain respect.”

“Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.”

“Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.”

Source : 'The Small House at Allington' (1864) ch. 32

“A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.”

“The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as possible. Male players must not only retain equanimity on their side of the net, but create dissension on the other.”

“Read at whim! Read at whim!”

Source : "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables" by Randall Jarrell, (pp. 112-113), 1962.