Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

All thinking men are atheists.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

Freedom and independence form my character.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

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

The best way out is always through.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.