Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.

There exists within everyone a grand passion, an outlandish thirst for adventure, a desire to live boldly and vividly through the journey of life.

We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never be prepared to settle for anything less

It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

There is more in you than you think.

Your disability is your opportunity.

Whenever you have to deal with a boy who is a rebel, remember that you must not fail at some time or other to get him to face the question, Are you going to be a fighter or a quarreller?

The passion of rescue reveals the highest dynamic of the human soul.

The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

The inventor knows HOW to borrow.

Love is the language of life and all others are transient epi-phenomena. Like a fish, we are swimming in the ocean of love. We are so busy seeking love that we don’t realize we are swimming in love.

If the day comes when our descendants can venture with wonder into chestnut forests, we will have gained back more than a perfect tree. We will have gained a new reason for hope.

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

If you mix up chirality, a protein's properties change enormously. Life couldn't operate with just random mixtures of stuff.

Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is true in the world?

The democratic thought is based on that 'ordinary people' are suitable to rule themselves.

I want the world to be better because I was here.