A man shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Every soul has the potential of a great spirit.

It is not the size of the ring, but the size of the love.

To me, feminism means equality between men and women. I want to make people laugh and also point out some injustices or inequalities I see.

I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself.

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.

The veils have become very thin and we are now able to access a large part of our sacredness - and we are utilizing that sacredness.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.