All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

A good liar must have a good memory.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Common sense is not so common.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands