"Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us."

“You know, all of us have fallen short of our dreams in life on occasion, but it is part of the Judeo-Christian spirit to give people the opportunity to show what they can do. The most important thing, I believe, for a person when they make mistakes is what they do after they've made mistakes.”

“You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (1987). “A Confederacy of Dunces”

“The larger a star the shorter its life, but all the more fascinating its death. As it collapses within it’s body, the infalling material can be no longer be compressed; the star is blown to pieces; its shattered mass realeases out ward at the speed of light.”

“Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive”

Source : Kirk Douglas (2001). “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

“We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.”

“Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working-day, he may safely leave the result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation.”

“I wear [socks and underwear] once and throw them out. Even when I'm home...I wouldn't think of washing them.”

“Jazz stands for freedom.”