Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

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.

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

Other kids are kids almost just like you - it's true.Other kids are kids too, but there's no other you, but YOU!

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.

Mortal birth is a boon to which only those spirits who kept their first estate are eligible.

It seems to me that the students are now half-awake enough to try and wake up their brother workers. If you don't pass on your own awareness then it closes down again.

No, I never thought I would like cats.

Everyone's entitled to their own experience.

Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy!

My first sense of myself was as an artist, a painter. I would see a Van Gogh painting and just love it, the more emotional and passionate the more it attracted me.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation!

Once you get that instinct for the fictiveness, the fictionality of fiction, it kind of sets you free.