For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

It is not easy in this world for one person to understand the next one.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

Everybody has been cheated on, everyone will be cheated on.

Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth.

The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality.

The same things happen to quite an extent around the globe. I mean, the European banks were doing what the American banks were.