"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"Put out the light."

"Spend and be spent."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side."

"In the depth of winter, I learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

"Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it 'the first law of personal growth.'"

"He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself."

"I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future."

"The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last... The great battle of our time."

"There is a melody born of melody, That melts the world into a sea."