Growth

“The bird must break out of the egg. The egg must be broken.”

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever will be born must destroy a world.”

“Improvement makes straighter roads.”

“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.”

“One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.”

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.”

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”

“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“A plant that has been allowed to grow wild has more character than one that has been carefully trained.”