Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

We never see ourselves as others see us.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.