Philosophy is the art of living.

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.

I know my strong points: I work hard, I have talent, I'm funny, and I'm a good person.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

My poems are more my silence than my speech. Just as music is a kind of quiet. Sounds are needed only to unveil the various layers of silence.

Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

As estimated, you died. Things marched, sufficient, to that end. Just so much Zyklon and leather, patented terror, so many routine cries.

And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.

Even though modern life in many ways is nothing short of exhausting, we need to take responsibility for what is necessary to combat the stress and exhaustion of modern life.

Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.

Non-criminal sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases.

Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.