Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

The soul is healed by being with children.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

You don’t have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated.

In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people and their future in the eyes of the world.

The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.

For the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature's gentle nurse.

Our imagination it is our greatest ally . . . Imagination is a very, very powerful thing. It literally invents the path before you.

The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.

So if you're negative, you live longer? That sounds like a cruel joke.

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.

Don't sacrifice your spirit for wealth. Grow your wealth by first growing your spirit.