The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Be that self which one truly is.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.