When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
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The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.
It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.