One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.