Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.

The wind at the top of the mountain is always the strongest, but if you do not give up, the journey down will always be easier.

Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

Like restless birds, the breath of coming rain Creeps, lilac-laden, up the village street

I'm not ugly, but I'm far from pretty.

They're gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up and go and think of better things.

Presence is more than just being there.

There is no doubt that we live in an age of unprecedented, and sometimes terrifying, technological advance where the speed of advance so often outstrips the necessary ethical considerations.