And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.

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.

I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.

Never compromise your perceptions and truth to validate the perceptions of others.

It 'appens to be true. An' if'n yew want ter stay moi friend, yew'd best 'old yer turpitudinous twaddle of a tongue an' listen fer once.

The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.

If I could explain, I wouldn't need to dance!

I wish you joy of your unhappiness, since you cling to it so.

We never stop to consider that our beliefs are only a relative truth that’s always going to be distorted by all the knowledge we have stored in our memory.

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.