If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

Nothing was ever accomplished by anyone who said 'It can't be done.'

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.