“Fairy tales are more than true–not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.”

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

To confuse our constructions with eternal laws is one of the most fatal delusions of men.

“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.”