A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe", a diplomat who says “maybe" means “no”, and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat.

To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep

The art of statemanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

But ask us to prove even to ourselves we are right in our belief, and we are in a quandary.

In necessary things unity in doubtful things liberty in all things charity.

People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.

To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.

If Einstein was so smart how come people only call you 'Einstein' when you do something really stupid ?

We tend to think of the Faustian man, the one who fabricates, manipulates, seduces and ends up destroying. But the new image will be man the creator, the artist, the player.

Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's always a new or next thing.

Focus on opportunities, not problems.

Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God.