“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!”

“Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.”

“I guess some people never change... Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.”

“People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.”

“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”

“There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.”

“If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.”