The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

An idea is salvation by imagination

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

The day of individual happiness has passed

Common sense is not so common.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Be that self which one truly is.