The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.