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“The closer to the top, the more grew in me the belief that it might be fulfilled, which most dreaming.”
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“Since man, fragment of the universe, is governed by the same laws that preside over the heavens, it is by no means absurd to search there above for the themes of our lives, for those frigid sympathies that participate in our achievements as well as our blunderings.”
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“You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.”
Source : Lu Xun (2014). “Selected Essays of Master Lu Xun”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
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“I love the sassy skinnies; that's what I usually wear.”
Source : "Seventeen Exclusive: Jenna Ushkowitz Designs Denim Line for Wall Flower Jeans!" by Jessica Jaksich, www.seventeen.com. July 11, 2012.
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“I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.”
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“She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.”
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“Remorse ... is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.”
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“To me the greatest moment in an experiment is always just before I learn whether the particular idea is a good or a bad one. Thus even a failure is exciting, and most of my ideas have of course been wrong.”
Source : Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. 1973.