It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

God had mercy, he knew. The Mongols had none.

FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real.

My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to take her outside. Immediately.

I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

There are three trips you take to India: the one you think you're going to have - that you plan for; the one you actually have; and the one you live through once you go back home.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip