Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Most people like to talk about themselves, so get them going and you’ll make new friends quickly!

In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.

I don't want forever. I never did... I just want right now.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'

Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.

The difference between the amoeba and Einstein is that, although both make use of the method of trial and error elimination, the amoeba dislikes erring while Einstein is intrigued by it.

America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.

Completely trusting a way that you can't do by yourself, that you do with all sentient beings, is immediate liberation.

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

A poet is a world enclosed in a man.