Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze — and some of us just have to pee on the electric fence.

We are given a great power, we should capable enough to handle it and use it fair and square.

There are two forces in the universe: fear and love. Trust is part of love because it makes you feel safe, and it is only in this state that you are capable of love.

Seek thy sacred self.

Any supreme insight is a metaphor.

Incredible experience, watching a baby birth on the internet. It's now my screensaver.

Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.

It dawned on me then that as long as I could laugh, I was safe from the world; and I have learned since that laughter keeps me safe from myself, too.

I know that sounds cliché, but mostly from my own experiences and things I see around me. We're all human beings, and a lot of the things I write about are pretty universal things.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.