To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

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

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.