To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

He was suffering from the loss of an illusion.

There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.

When you say, "I can't do it!" - You never will.But, if you say, "I'll give it a try, " eventually you will succeed.

Some day they will know what I mean.

The brave don't live forever but the cautious don't live at all. The only thing that's truly terrifying is the unlived life.

I broke two knuckles in my right hand when I gave Jean-Claude Van Damme an attitude adjustment. I got nothing except a medical bill.

I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger... secretly, in my room.

Love is the recognition of oneness in the world of duality.

The proud man is forsaken of God.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.