Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, Circumstances are the creatures of men.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.