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

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

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

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Thought is free.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

Boards don't hit back.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.