The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.

Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

Your words hurt, Jazz. They hurt like cotton balls thrown in my direction.

The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action.

Nothing is more effective in engaging your day than a genuine smile when appropriate.

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

To hell with safety. All I want to do is race.

Music is a reflection of who you are, and if those things that you mentioned are what your music is all about, then I guess that's who you are.

When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.

I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]