There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

I quote others only to better express myself.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.