But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

What can't be cured must be endured.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Be curious, not judgmental.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.