A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only once.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading. How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
The price of greatness is responsibility.