The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
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.
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
The only real laughter comes from despair.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.
No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.