Do not think of your faults, still less of others’ faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

I am not remotely interested in just being good.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.

The more I study science the more I believe in God.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaring evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

Appearance rules the world.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.

My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves . . . But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.