It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then.

Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.

Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.

You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo

I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.

Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful, " then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.

Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.

Time flies on restless pinions - constant never.

Anything that changes your values changes your behaviour.

Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat.

Death is death. Whether you die smiling or with tears in your eyes, it amounts to the same thing. A whole heap of nothing

You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others. Pray for this hurting world.

You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.

Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.

So well thy words become thee as thy wounds.