Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

I am no longer a curmudgeon. I am a curmudgeon emeritus.

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

There are no office hours for leaders.

We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.

A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous.

Every man has a mission from God to help his fellow beings.

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there

A critic is a man who expects miracles.

There are no working hours for leaders.

No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.

O Diabo, invejoso, fez o homem confundir fé com religião e amor com casamento.

'Tis God gives skill but not without men's hands: he could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio.

We must find out for ourselves that inside us is a god or goddess in embryo that wants to be born so that we can express our divinity.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.

You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

If you're uncomfortable with your financial advisor, it's probably with good reason.

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.