Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Common sense is not so common.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.