Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Dare to risk public criticism.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

A lie never lives to be old.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.