Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Nature is not human-hearted.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Live simply so others may simply live.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.