However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Victory is for those who can say 'Victory is mine'. Success is for those who can begin saying 'I will succeed' and say 'I have succeeded' in the end.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

You shape your own destiny.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.