"People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick."

"I’m searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known."

"Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient."

"Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance."

"One's life is not as fixed as one believes. Surprises may lie in store for you, the unexpected often tends to happen, sometimes bringing in its train the most delightful change in one's life or circumstances."

"An honor is not diminished for being shared."

"We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves."

"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it."

"Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back."

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

"We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age."

"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse."