"I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth."

"Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'"

"Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything."

"No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."

"Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?"

"It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression."

"Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime."

"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."