Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe but to find out what he has to do ... within the limits of his comprehension.

Knowing Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Wishing Is Not Enough; We Must Do.

A useless life is an early death.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

Every second is of infinite value.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

Prawda jest córą czasu poczętą w przypadkowym i krótkotrwałym romansie ze zbiegiem okoliczności.

Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. You don't. I don't.

Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there are so many grievances in the world.

You're my daughter. I don't care about the factions.

The greatest poet who ever wrote about rowing is Virgil, the greatest historian is Thucydides, but the greatest imagination ever to turn its attention to the sport is that of painter, Thomas Eakins.

No propagation or multiplication is more rapid that that of evil, unless it be checked; no growth more certain.

Let us not forget this word: God never ever tires of forgiving us!

We must accept our reality as vastly as we possibly can; everything, even the unprecedented, must be possible within it.

Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk? That's like Christopher Reeve doing the crip walk.