Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The sky is not my limit...I am.

Do not be unkind to other people just because you are passing through difficult times.They are not responsible for your misery.

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

The wealth is ultimately just a relative thing. As a person with little money and little more needs to rich guys money but really wishes

You have not failed until you quit trying.

Hate is love looking for itself everyplace but where love is.

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut.

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.