The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.
Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands
He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast
Each soul is potentially divine.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.
I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.