You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

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

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?

All thinking men are atheists.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be