There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.