Be that self which one truly is.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

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

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

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

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.