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.

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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible

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

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.

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