One of the booby traps of freedom - which is bordered on all sides by isolation - is that we think so well of ourselves. I now see that I have helped myself to the best cuts at life's banquet.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.

It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again.

I have stayed in the same position where you left me, so that you can find me again.

We need to stop separating ourselves by how dark or how light we are.

When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.

To maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.

Many times through the ages, like as not the chance appears, but because of indecision, man's fond hopes are drowned in tears.

In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky when we get to know one another better.

I have family members that are bipolar. One had a case recently that I witnessed, and it was very, very helpful.