I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Do not feel certain of anything.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.

Anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, now that's the real test.

You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

He that hunts others, must run himself.

The world is a mountain, in which your words are echoed back to you.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its own storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.