A doctor who doesn't say too many foolish things is a patient half-cured.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

Why waste the space on a stack of half-read books and periodicals, when you could turn your nightstand into a tactical toolbox?

I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.

We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.

People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour.

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.