No man should part with his own individuality and become that of another.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

Learning how to make The Path to My Heart an everyday journey...the road MORE travelled

A desire to choose the hardest might be a confession of weakness in itself.

Why humans aren't ready? (On Vsauce)

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

An investor calculates what a stock is worth, based on the value of its businesses.

The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up.

Oughta be a law everybody has to take a trip every two years just to make 'em realize how good home is.

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.