Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.