Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Life is but thought.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

You are not your story. They are not your story about them. The world is not your story about the world.

Amongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing music.

There is more grace per square foot in San Francisco than any place on earth.

The great modern novel of the comic-pathetic illusion of freedom is Confessions of Zeno .

I would rather live in a country where children are protected and their predators prosecuted, and even (which in Hollywood is evidently not always the same thing) disapproved of.

Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.

Surf the Web is a happy coincidence.