A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

No one determines your truth but you.You can’t paint your own self-portrait with someone else’s hand.

Sacrifice, sacrifice.

If you meet a man who deeply believes he knows it all, then you have succeeded in finding a man who's unwise.

The Quran is many different things, and we also have to see the Quran almost as a secondary source commenting on the Old Testament.

For what are we born if not to aid one another?

Really, improv is all about creating for what's around you, in the moment, so it fits in a way that you can't see the seams. It's like a great jazz combo. I still do it.

The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.

Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.

All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in circle.

I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I shall let go, and let it take me where it will. Clinging, I shall die of boredom.