My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?

There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them.

It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.

No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.

Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.

The best lessons learned are from other peoples mistakes.

I love the people, ' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

She felt as if she had strayed into a fairy tale, as full of peril as of wonder, a place where anything could happen.

I can guarantee you one thing, we will never agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis.

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.