The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

Little people doing little things in little places everywhere can change the world.

What did you learn in school that you still use today? Go ahead teachers, tell me. What? Fear, conformity, don't question authority.

I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.

The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar.

A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.

It's impossible by micro-mutation to form any new species.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour.