Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Great men are meteors that burn so that the earth may be lighted.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - imperfection - and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
