Power ... is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.

I may not have had a great background, but I am grateful because nothing could have prepared me for the future than the past I've been through.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Governance allows organizations...t o use critical data to drive the organization.

I'd like to apologize in advance for anything I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go nuts!

The children of childish parents age quickly.

I'm tired, but proud.

Congratulations to Prince Charles for banning foie gras from all his functions.