Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.