No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality

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

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

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

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.