Playing the Cretan with the Cretans (i.e. lying to liars).

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.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

If someone is Jealous of you, That's a good sign! Keep up the good work.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.

Reducing hunger should become the driving force for progress and hope...

I love the whirling of the dervishes. I love the beauty of rare innocence. You don't need no crystal ball, Don't fall for a magic wand. We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

The sticker has no meaning, but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning.