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

I think, therefore I am.

In moments of great grief, that’s where you look and immerse yourself. You realise you are not immortal, you are not a god, you are part of the natural world and you come to accept that.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

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

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.

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.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

All great achievements require time.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Wisdom begins at the end.