One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

Ann Romney talking about middle class moms is like Chris Christie talking about a salad

With all the yoga and meditation that I do, when the chaos happens it happens. But I'm not as affected as a lot of people - I don't react as much. I just let things drip off my back a little bit.

Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.

When you are very little tennis should be fun, it should be a game.

[L]ife ceases to be a fraction and becomes an integer.

I like my hands. They're certainly scarred up, but they're wormy. They're knuckly. They're hands that have done stuff, and they're not going anywhere.

Definition of responsibility: a commitment of the head, heart, and hands to fix the problem and never again affix blame.

Listen to customers and you will hear them. Look carefully at customers and you will see them. Do both and you will understand them.

China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants.