Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

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

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

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.