Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

She might have acted like she didn't know.But she knew, a woman always knows

Am I on your mind or out of my mind

A human being has no discernible character until he acts.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Forget college, forget everything else, just educate yourself, your world around you, everything around you.

I don't want to hold you hand!

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.

The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.