All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator
There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.
Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.
To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.