Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

Every second and minute that you are not sleeping should be converted, investing your life and your time into doing that thing that you were born to do.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist.

As we review our worries, we should make it a habit each day to God, "what is it I should focus on today"?

Terrorism is a crime against the mind. We win by refusing fear.

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

Everything I've done, I've done because I wanted to do it. In doing it, I've plunged in headlong, always believing in it.

I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn't like that. But it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!

A pretty woman is a welcome guest.

I had a tough career. I then resolved to find peace. And, I finally found Islam.

I happen to believe, and I think many others do, Donald Trump is probably the great public speaker in those large arenas since William Jennings Bryan.