It is for others one must learn to do everything for there lies the secret of happiness.

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!

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

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.

Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that.

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

The better question to ask yourself is: How to correct your diet so you can start losing weight?

Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more.