I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.

it is better to inspire a reform than to enforce it.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

We can't get the power of will with a pill." -Serena Jade

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.

I get angry at myself for staying in relationships way too long.

If you don’t jump, the wings never come.

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy

I think it would be interesting to know about the Federal Reserve. I think we should audit the Federal Reserve - it's taxpayer's money that's being used there.