Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

When traversing the vast sea of loneliness, Oneness is the only true safe harbor.

Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.

Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

I rarely write in my own voice except in book reviews and memoirs; otherwise, I am writing in mediated voices, modulated in terms of the characters whom the voices express.

In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, .. In Cambodia, children should not be seen nor heard because you would not survive.

All of us need better skills in listening, conversing, respecting one another's uniqueness, because these are essential for strong relationships.

Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The world needs that special gift that only you have.

There are 2 main things I've learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring.

Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.

In the midst of all dwells the sun.