In my personal experience I have hardly come to know the wretchedness of mankind better than as a result of the general theory of relativity and everything connected to it. But it doesn't bother me.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.

Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Every new car, you open the door, and you look at all those internal mellifluous swoopy bits, and they have no meaning.

Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.

An individual is not distinct from his place. He is his place.

I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.

If it weren't for my imagination, I would weigh ten thousand pounds. This is because the only way I am able to exercise anymore is through a long and vivid revenge fantasy.

It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.