"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."

"In the fight between you and the world, back the world."

"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

"We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind."

"To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Life is an effort that deserves a better cause."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!"

"Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another."