Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

God allows difficulties, inconveniences, trials, and even suffering to come our way for a specific purpose: They help develop the right attitude for the growth of patience.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.

Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times.

We are a nation of faith, and we are stewards of God's world.

I felt I was owned by possessions.

My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer.

The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that.

As we free ourselves from the suffering of 'something is wrong with me, 'we trust and express the fullness of who we are.'