Steam in an open space would just simply scatter in different directions. Steam contained in an engine can move a whole train. Success comes from One-pointedness and Constancy of Aim and Effort.

Forgive other people before you ask for forgiveness… As you forgive, you will be forgiven.

Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe.

Once you become aware of knowledge and you are conscious of knowledge, there is no going back to the previous conscious state of mind.

Reform must come from within not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

I don't seem able to do my best unless I'm behind or in trouble.

Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.

You can either stick to your goals, or you can just go through the motions and rest on your status. But it's all about work.

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

To me at least was never evening yet, but seemed far beautifuller than its day.

In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us, ill or well, nothing but hypocrites.