Common sense is genius in homespun.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Not the reality, but your thoughts define your destiny.

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

It is the mission of all art to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man.

Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

What love we've given, we'll have forever.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

Neither the military might nor the economic and technological development makes a nation great. It is made great by it's citizens with Self Respect and Integrity ingrained in their lives.

Why is humanity so excessive in the way it does things? The golden mean seems out of fashion.

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.