Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.

The deeper inner teachings are presented to very few because few would understand them. The exoteric teachings are presented to many.

Call me an extremist but killing a few hundred million people seems like the sort of method that might have unintended consequences.

When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.

The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

It's all about getting better and controlling the things that you can control, which is getting better day to day.

A work of art expresses itself as a balance sheet pitting the spoken against the unspoken.

When the striving ceases, there is life waiting as a gift.

That desire to reach further is also where I ended my memoir, in 1994 in California, perhaps ironically, looking out to the Pacific and back to Asia, toward the not-yet-written.

When I come into the theatre I get a sense of security. I love an audience. I love people, and I act because I like trying to give pleasure to people.