Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.