To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual. . . And for a man who has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than to sit still and rest, doing nothing at all. The very act of resting is the hardest and most courageous act he can perform.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.
I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially.
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
It does not take money to make money.
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.
It is only through disruptions and confusion that we grow, jarred out of ourselves by the collision of someone else's private world with our own.
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.