I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.

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

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

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

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.