The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

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.

I began to write because of love. I wrote to understand what I felt and what I knew.

Take solace in that, regardless of the fact that the love you had in your mind was lost, it was fairer than any, and you can take that with you forever.

Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.

I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life.

Everyone is a genius after the fight.

I use a pick in my hair without force. You use a lawn mower-you got peat moss.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.

It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'