Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other

Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.