The question of how things will settle down is the only important question.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.

Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L

We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves.

Great people do things before they're ready...You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something.

We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.

I am a huge fan of Gena Rowlands. I love that she is still working and always in something fresh and new.

For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills.

Do that which will make you happiest both now and in the future.

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.