“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

We are the first generation to be able to end poverty, and the last generation that can take steps to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.