The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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

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

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

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

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

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

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

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

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

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