For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

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

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

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

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.