It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

For what is philosophy but an art - one more attempt to give "significant form" to the chaos of experience?

Cattle... it called us cattle...We're hamburger, you mean.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept their law and any appropriation of his goods, is no sin at all.