Know the great men of your age.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

The nights were mainly made for saying things you can't say tomorrow day.

Absolute perfection is insidious.

I loved the abandoned subway stations, rushing past the darkened platforms, the sprawl of graffiti like old letters. Letters left by ghosts.

The library was quiet. It was busy but it was quiet and I thought it must be like this in a monastery where you had company and sympathy but your thoughts were your own.

These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve.

If the artist starts evaluating himself, it’s an enormous block, isn’t it?

For every $1 advertisers spend advertising something healthful like apples, they spend $500 advertising junk food.

I hope that not one of them ever wanna even think about boxing.

The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and familiar -- and so very sad: What is this you have done?

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.