Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

-- Bertrand Russell

I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.

-- Frida Kahlo

My mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear.

-- Thomas Hobbes

I came to Russia knowing absolutely nothing.

-- Catherine II of Russia

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

-- Jawaharlal Nehru

Life is — or has — both meaning and meaninglessness. I cherish the anxious hope that meaning will preponderate and win the battle.

-- Carl Jung