If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?

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.

The Prayer that is answered is not of many words, but of Oneness.

Men do not fear swords...they fear monsters.

Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.

A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Anything that can be measured can be improved

Fear, the worst of all enemies can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage

Now, Hillary's [Clinton] more than that, she's an actual - she could be a crime boss.

When you've been battered down and battered down and battered down, your spirit gets broken.

In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.