The number of those 

who undergo the fatigue 

of judging for themselves 

is very small indeed.

The measure of a man's real character 

is what he would do 

if he knew he would never be found out.

Others have seen what is and asked why. 

I have seen what could be and asked why not.

There are no right answers to wrong questions.

Our own heart, 

and not other men's opinions 

form our true honour.

To find out what one is fitted to do, 

and to secure an opportunity to do it, 

is the key to happiness.

Homo sapiens, 

the only creature endowed with reason, 

is also the only creature 

to pin its existence on things unreasonable.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Once we believe in ourselves, 

we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, 

or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

The conscience of the world is so guilty 

that it always assumes 

that people who investigate heresies 

must be heretics

Good writing excites me, 

and makes life worth living.

If I don't know I don't know, 

I think I know. 

If I don't know I know, 

I think I don't know.

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

First they ignore you, 

then they laugh at you, 

then they fight you, 

then you win.

You must be a lotus, 

unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, 

unaffected by the slush where it is born 

or even the water which sustains it!