An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.