We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future.

Your education is important because with only a few words you can show an employer the depth of your potential.

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.

One of the things you do in a band is the more you stay together, the more you play to your strengths.

Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.

I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.

I have never been able to understand why it is that just because I am unintelligible nobody understands me.

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.