It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

The wisest use of these skills is to develop habits, lives, and loves, not to use them just occasionally in single interactions.

Not everyone is fodder for books, " said Rosalind.

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.

I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.

On my discharge, I had the challenge of putting my life back together but Vietnam stuck in the inner recesses of my mind.

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives, and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

Everyone knows the more you chase something the faster it runs and the more you ignore something the faster it comes.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

The best lessons, the best sermons are those that are lived.