That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciousness overflows language: we perceive vastly more than we can describe.

To each his own. A billion Buddhas. A billion streams of wisdom. All smiling in their anguish.

Every precious human being born should have the right to live, love, and maximize his or her potential without suffering from discrimination.

You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and it got stolen last year. So I've got to buy another one of those, I suppose. I can treat myself to that.

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.

That's how most men connect - in bed. The physical connection is important because it reinforces the emotional one.

Do not take hold of a past that no longer serves you, but embrace the stillness that is right now.

I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their own right.

You've probably had somebody punch you in the stomach and it knocks the wind of you and you can't breathe. That's how I felt.