We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Happiness is a choice you make when you allow faith through the entry gate and fear through the exit gate.

How valiant to deny the importance of money when it is had in abundance.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

If I had the stars from the darkest night and the diamonds from the deepest ocean, I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss, for that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

My fans are pretty normal, they are always really nice and polite, and they don't interrupt my meals.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

Where there is no truth there is no grace.

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.

Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.