That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

To play a wrong note is insignificant

So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now?

Memories come to mind like excavated statuesthat have misplaced their heads.

Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

A certain degree of preparation for war . . . affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

[The Republicans] looked at basically the failed wars and they said, oh, this, us being the policeman of the world, that is not working.

Pleasures can undo a man at any time, if yielded to.