He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded.

I may be small, but I've got friends that make me ten feet tall.

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

I'll simply say here that I was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie at an extremely tender age because my mother needed a fourth at meals.

He who fears fate lives like a coward

At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.

Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

The world belongs to the people who say, 'I can'.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.