You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

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.

In that case, on behalf of Earthlife, I urge that, with full knowledge of our limitations, we vastly increase our knowledge of the Solar System and then begin to settle other worlds.

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.

There IS a difference between poetry and prose! Poems should be sonically charged and new to the ear.

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

Do not insist that the universe comply with your understanding of it.

Make tawba not just for sins you've committed, but also for obligations you haven't fulfilled.

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.

Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never. That's the best advice I could ever give someone.

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.