It is in changing that things find purpose.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.

You write in order to change the world…the world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimetre the way people look at reality, then you change it.

Never cross a man, not afraid to die.

This is the law: The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things?

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.