In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is asacrament that should be taken kneeling.

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters.

Raise your right palm: We do solemnly swear To stack more dough more calmly this year.

It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.

I have gone to the forest.

You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.” “No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I do need you. You have no idea how much I need you.

Please don't make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don't like crowds or noise.