Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

The death of God left the angels in a strange position.

To stop war, teach peace, love, cooperation, and most of all—forgiveness.

Go AheadSpeak your wordsLord is with youLook at the skyHow were stars are so highSee your dreamsChase them with your heartBut, takes your mind with youYou will be fine very soon

Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce worldwide population growth to limit the number of visitors to wilderness.

American business can out-think, out-work, out-perform any nation in the world. But we can't beat the competition if we don't get in the ball game.

The world is two thirds spaghetti and meatballs, one third syphilitic chancre.

I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.

The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.

My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.