I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.