To be yourself 

in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else 

is the greatest accomplishment.

The love of learning, 

the sequestered nooks, 

And all the sweet serenity of books.

This world is a comedy to those that think, 

a tragedy to those that feel.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Biologically 

the species is the accumulation of the experiments 

of all its successful individuals 

since the beginning.

The third-rate mind is only happy 

when it is thinking with the majority. 

The second-rate mind is only happy 

when it is thinking with the minority. 

The first-rate mind is only happy 

when it is thinking.

Without freedom of thought, 

there can be no such thing as wisdom — 

and no such thing as public liberty 

without freedom of speech.

I have the fault 

of being a little more sincere 

than is proper.

You are capable of more than you know. 

Choose a goal that seems right for you 

and strive to be the best, 

however hard the path. 

Aim high. 

Behave honourably. 

Prepare to be alone at times, 

and to endure failure. 

Persist! 

The world needs all you can give.

Genius...
means little more than
the faculty of perceiving
in an unhabitual way.

I may not believe in myself, 

but I believe in what I'm doing.

So let us die

And never part,

Die united,

Heart to heart,

Never waking,

Never fearing,

Nameless,

Endless rapture sharing,

Each to each devoted,

In love alone abiding.

Everything, 

at first, 

is an idea, 

a special creation.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Unless we remember 

we cannot understand.