Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

The heaven-and-hell framework has four central elements: the afterlife, sin and forgiveness, Jesus’s dying for our sins, and believing.

If you know me, you know I make every day count, I'm serious about my life.

You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

If you are not their slaves, you are rebels.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

I just want to keep living the dream. So I'm telling you, my friend, help me keep living the dream.

Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them.

We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan.

I'm not one of those artists who refuses to play their hits. I find that ridiculous. Hits are a blessing.