Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.

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.

i wish i had 15-20 cats that would serve as a blanket, like if i moved they would adjust to my new position, that would be good

As empaths, one of the quickest ways to completely losing our grounding in reality is by deferring our needs and wants in relationships.

I was funny -- ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency, like pennies: pedestrian, somewhat laborious, but a currency nonetheless. I was funny, in public, most often at my own expense.

The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.

An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.

Laughter heals, gives solace, and is life enhancing.

The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.