Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

Your own chosen paths can never be wrong. It is just the intensity of your curiosity in you which is pretty low.

You carry the image of God in you

The noise of the world is so terrible that we can endure it only by being coated with sleep.

Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive.

I want to bring things up to room temperature, especially poultry, before I cook it because I want it to cook faster so that there's less moisture loss.

I can't understand Karl Marx, so how can I be a Communist?

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization.

You can have it all without suffering from a meltdown.

If you're gifted enough, nappy hair, gap teeth, acne face - I don't care what it is, greatness will shine through anything!

Nurture your own confidence and make it real; don't pretend to be someone you're not.