I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Never take advice from a donkey.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.

Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

Never give up! With every step you take in your journey, you are forming your dreams.

The abundance of beards in periods of social unrest, times of revolt or upheaval, should be noted. It's the handiest way people have of making themselves mysterious.

Faith is hidden household capital.

The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me.

Once I got a job singing and dancing, a reasonable person might think, "Maybe I should learn how to do this." But no, I never did.

I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do

In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.

I really like the relaxed glamour of the 70s.

I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out.