Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

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

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

A good liar must have a good memory.