No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.