"Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression."
"I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."
"Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know."