It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

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.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.