In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Every bonsaidreams of being a tall tree - until the wind blows

Wisdom simplifies the things

My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business.

I would sooner look for figs on thistles than for the higher attributes of art from one whose ruling motive... is money.

There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.

Hundreds of thousands of kids now have a chance to be adopted because I worked to change our adoption and foster care system.

'Friends' will always remain friends.

To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.