In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.

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.

Don't follow your heart if you can't keep a beat

The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.

If everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of his labor, social progress would be ceaseless, uninterrupted, and unfailing.

When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment of others of our body of bliss'.

When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there

... orders come from the work, not work from the orders.

I love being a mom. That's the best job I've ever had. All the other stuff I love the same, but being a mom trumps all of it.

Does pain go away and leave no trace, then?’ ‘You sometimes even feel sentimental for it.