A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.