“When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.”
“Light finds her treasure of colours / through the antagonism of clouds.”
“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.”
“Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.”
“Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.”
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”
“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. And then, just possibly, hopefully, it goes home, or on.”
“And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
“It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.”
“Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I’m still learning, for learning is boundless.”
