For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

Know thyself.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Freedom and independence form my character.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

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.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

You can't live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

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

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.