It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Intelligence is a moral category.

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.