Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

Certain signs precede certain events.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties