Demosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage." "And you," said he, "if they are once in their senses."

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

The human mind is the principal agent of creation. How we think is the prism for how we perceive reality.

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.

C. S. Lewis, Plato, Aristotle and many more names that I could add, including Einstein's, were individuals who were able to see the innate order in life, which others perceive as chaos.

Train. Say your prayers. Eat your vitamins.

When you believe in someone, they will do anything and everything to live up to those who believe in.

Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.

A Mario Brother never says 'can't', Luigi!

All my life, I never really felt comfortable anywhere in New York, except maybe in an apartment somewhere.