Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

In the world there exists no aesthetic plane, not even the aesthetic plane of goodness.

Money is good, but I prefer food, water, gold, weapon and energy.

Were the stars against him? A woman's fingers are quicker in the sky and shine more brightly.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

Follow the ball, man. There's only one ball. They can only give it to one of them at a time, so let's not get too far away from the reality of it all.

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies.

Im share a lot of details, but 98 percent of my life is still private.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.