Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

I hear they make greeting cards now to thank your therapist... for NOTHING

I wasnt political in order to be political

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

No doubt about it: error is the rule, truth is the accident of error.

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

Others loved themselves, money, theories, power: Lenin loved his fellow men.... Lenin was God, as Christ was God, because God is Love and Christ and Lenin were all Love!

Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.

The moment an inspiring thought enters your heart, appreciate it as a dear guest visiting you that day.