I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to believe.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material as that of which the thunderbolt is made.
There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you!" To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. "No one tells me what I can and cannot wear!" He snapped up a lace fan from where it lay on a hall table and fanned himself vigorously with it for emphasis.
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
U can feed ur ego or u can feed ur family. U can’t feed them both.
Don't kill yourself, kill the part of you that you don't like.