The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

I would lay down my life for this ice cream.''Wow. That's an endorsement. If I ever decide to mass produce, I'll have to put that on the carton.

What you plan is too small for you to live.

Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.

The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses.

Care and labor are as much correlated to human existence as shadow is to light.

Access to capital is one of biggest challenges for businesses in Africa.

The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.

I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really.