Nobody knows what death is, nor whether to man it is perchance the greatest of blessings, yet people fear it as if they surely knew it to be the worse of evils.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

What others think of you is not as important as what you think of yourself.

Hungry for what? Money? No. Power? Over people? That was like having power over clams.

I think some songs are better on vinyl.

I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.

Life comes only from life.

You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.

Fashion: by which what is really fantastic becomes for a moment the universal.

My most basic credo is: I never said freedom was cheap. And it ain't. Never will be. It's been the highest priced and most precious commodity in my life.

I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.