Literature is the product of a deep-seated need for honesty. Hence, those who lie most are struck most deeply by it, and those who are honest have no need for it.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy.

To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves?

Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

In democracy, our most important tool is to vote. But our power tool is when we have the power to influence others on who to vote for.

I think I've been afraid most of my life to be myself.

I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.

You are skilled. I exhort you.

He who have two grounds of trust is lost!

Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.

None of us are God - just His servants.

It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner.

Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.