Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

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

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Dare to risk public criticism.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

A person preaches well that lives well.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

Moonlight is sculpture.