A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

The world is a merrier place to live if people do things more out of sincerity, not just out of formality.

Life is too short not to live in peace.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will Curse you.

The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will remain a lifelong challenge.

Driving is the only thing I love about F1.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.

I'm hoping to do a Broadway musical on the life of Rasputin. He's someone I can definitely identify with.

A lot of things in life seem impossible until it's done. Don't be afraid to attempt the impossible.

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it