During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland

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.

Hopes, wants and wishes, all cast across the night sky with my heart in tow.

Let me be clear. I applaud self love. I appreciate self value. But if you're not capable of loving another person just as much... you will never experience true love.

We incline to see history through the lives of great men. That inclination blinds us to the real complexity …

Our plans are small and somewhat absurd.

If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war.

You mean you let him talk to you like that and you aren't even getting any Man what a rip-off.

I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

Freedom and independence form my character.

To be a scholar of mathematics you must be born with talent, insight, concentration, taste, luck, drive and the ability to visualize and guess.