I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

The World is my country, 

all mankind are my brethren, 

and to do good is my religion.

It is quite an illusion to imagine 

that one adjusts to reality 

essentially without the use of language 

and that language is merely an incidental means 

of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

No, 

I'm no enemy to learning; 

it hurts not me.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Reading maketh a full man; 

conference a ready man; 

and writing an exact man.

That is the essence of science: 

ask an impertinent question, 

and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

As we must account for every idle word, 

so must we account for every idle silence.

Be daring, 

be different, 

be impractical, 

be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose
and imaginative vision 

against the play-it-safers, 

the creatures of the commonplace, 

the slaves of the ordinary.

We are what our thoughts have made us; 

so take care about what you think.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, 

we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind 

in every way possible.

If this is not done, 

future ages will certainly look back upon us 

as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth 

as to be blind to higher considerations.

He who does not bellow the truth 

when he knows the truth 

makes himself the accomplice 

of liars and forgers.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Self-education is, 

I firmly believe, 

the only kind of education there is.

Derive happiness in oneself 

from a good day's work, 

from illuminating the fog 

that surrounds us.