Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

The object of the superior man is truth.

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

Be curious, not judgmental.

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

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision,to the releasing of a trigger.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle