People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

When we are lost in the woods the sight of a signpost is a great matter.