A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

It's the mind that sees, not eyes.

When we say forever, we are talking about a desire.

As soon as I get my car I think I'll be going to the cinema more. Since I don't go very often, there are no films that are a must see at the moment. I usually wait till they come out on DVD.

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment. Move the ego aside and be still, open, clear, bright and fully conscious.

Who is moving in the distance? It is the clock's pendulum, Hired by the god of death To measure life.

I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

Ah, there are no children nowadays.

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.

We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe in most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly.