In the contemplation of beauty we are raised above ourselves, the passions are silenced and we are happy in the recognition of a good that we do not seek to possess.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

People are always asking me how much I'm worth. Well, all I can say is, I've got enough money to last me the rest of my life. As long as I die in the next 20 minutes.

Hillary Clinton is going to build up opportunity. Donald Trump is going to tear it down if he becomes president.

HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, "Another beer, another show, another song."

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Control over consciousness cannot be institutionaliz ed. As soon as it becomes part of a set of social rules and norms, it ceases to be effective in the way it was originally intended to be.

A quarrelsome man deserves no honors.