Life is fragile and absurd.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Escape is a process, not a pill.

The quality of people's lives is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Complexity is the enemy of clarity

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

The truly educated man will always speak to the understanding of the most unlearned of his audience.

Happiness or misfortune are prescribed by law of Heaven, but their source comes from ourselves.

I don't know what happens if they get bin Laden. I'm much more interested in what happens if they don't get bin Laden.