But men are now united in states; that work is done; why now maintain exclusive devotion to one's own state, when this produces terrible evils for all.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Lend me your wings, bird. I'll spread them and fly on the thermals.

There is possibility in every difficulty.

I grew up Presbyterian, just a basic Protestant upbringing. There were years in my life when I would go to church every Sunday and to Sunday school. Then I just phased out of it.

You were only a goalkeeper.

I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.

Ego & Hype have no place in business.

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.

I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.