A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

Whoever holds the keys to house of knowledge, must open the door, for those who search for light of knowledge to enter.

I met a few chimpanzees on my pilgrimages and I wasn't sure if they were just shrivelled-up villagers or chimps...

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

Dualism makes the problem insoluble; materialism denies the existence of any phenomenon to study, and hence of any problem.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

If I pick up a fiddle, I don't compose on it, so much as I just play whatever.

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.