Archived Quotes

I wanted to know the name of every stone

and flower and insect and bird and beast,

I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life

but there was no one to tell me.

The love of a mother liberates.

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you.

It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Be gentle to all and

stern with yourself

Climate change is a terrible problem,

and it absolutely needs to be solved.

Not everything that is faced can be changed,

but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Our best thoughts come from others.

All that I am,

or ever hope to be,

I owe to my mother.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing is at last sacred but

the integrity of your own mind.

Simplicity and clarity lead to good design.

I’ve always been drawn to eccentric people

they keep life interesting.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers.

This is a cruel libel,

even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,

it is time to pause and reflect.

In all my lectures,

I have taught one doctrine,

namely,

the infinitude of the private man.

Every day is a chance to rewrite your story.

One never notices what has been done;

one can only see what remains to be done.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every morning that I wake up and I'm breathing I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know Thank God I'm alive for another day.