Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Ability is poor men's wealth

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.