I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Have gratitude for the things you're discarding. By giving gratitude, you're giving closure to the relationship with that object, and by doing so, it becomes a lot easier to let go.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn't boastful, but some of it is. But that's just the music, the art.

A belief is made religious, not so much by its content, as rather by the way it is held.

I'm not a top-five player yet.

Being injured sucks. When you see all your buddies out there playing it's tough.

Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.

Never use the passing years as an excuse for old age.

The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings.

Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.

Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.