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If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now. 
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged 
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. 
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical 
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. 
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend 
Celebrate love. It is the breath of your existence and the best of all reasons for living 
We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us. 
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. 
There is no reason to be hesitant' becoming an entrepreneur is a learning experience 
Environments are not just containers, but are processes that change the content totally 
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. 
Fate is a misconseption, it's only a cover-up for the fact you don't have control over your own life 
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. 
All great historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice ... the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. 
Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that Humour excites in those who lack it. 
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. 
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. 
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. 
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. 
Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right. 
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. 
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. 
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. 
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. 
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other. 
Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing. 
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. 
I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely, the physical universe. 
Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. 
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. 
Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage. 
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. 
All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary - it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences. 
