It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

If he could just have one more chance, he'd act like the man he'd always believed himself to be.

Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos.

Oh captain my captain

I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president.

One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters.

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

I always feel like one of the guys and very unintimidated.

Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.

Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again.

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.