I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

My passionate leisure pursuit are reading, wondering and writing.

There will never be another woman for me, Alexandra. You are my eternity. -Michael

The sea was surging among the pilings like the blithe mindless forces of dissolution.

Don't be afraid to question. Don't be afraid to get fired. Don't be afraid to be wrong.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles.

There were two dawns that morning. One the orderly sunrise of God, followed by man's fireball at the base of that rocket.

Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.

The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?

I’m a guy that creates my own destiny in this world. Until I’m off the planet, there’s always a second chance.