Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

United we stand; divided we fall.

The man with no imagination has no wings.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a patter of systems.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.