It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not merely to keep himself alive, but to strive towards perfection.

I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance.

Never think that success is down to your own performance alone. If you start listening only to yourself you take the first step back towards the bottom. The flowers of victory belong in many vases.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.

If the sun were made of hamsters, the earth would be incinerated.

I cant really imagine life without Formula One.

I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability.

Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market

Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately run into difficulties.

The more you think, the less you imagine. The less you imagine, the less you create.

Be happy that after living so many lives, I finally found something to die for

Understanding divine order is to establish the kingdom of love

Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.

Ah how steadily do they who are guilty shrink from reproof!

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story.

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.

He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.