“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”

“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

“When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”