Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he's made of.

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Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.

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Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. - Charles Spurgeon

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Just as iron which is not used grows rusty, and water putrefies and freezes in the cold, so the mind of which no use is made is spoilt. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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Dropping out of college was never the plan, but it made me eligible for the Peter Thiel Fellowship. I was the first Asian to win that grant! - Ritesh Agarwal

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If you've made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it

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If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say.– Barbara McClintock

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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. ― bell hooks,

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there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. ― Elbert Hubbard

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