The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.

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.

be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age.Nothing does --- except wrinkles.It's true, some wines improves with age.But only if the grapes were good in the first place

It's not that I really cheat at golf. I play for my health and a low score makes me feel better.

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.

Know what your customers want most and what your company does best. Focus on where those two meet.

It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue.

Silk and Shadows is something else. Like brilliant. It got under my skin as very, very few books have. It's still under my skin. Mikhal was haunting.

We need more than new policies. We need a new worldview, and a new bottom line. We need to replace economic values as our ordering principle, with humanitarian values as our ordering principle.

If you’re a responsible business, you don’t let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country.