The way to gain a friend is to be one

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions.

He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.

What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.

Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.

Every epoch dreams its successor.

You are one of the forces of nature.

Women are perfectly well aware that the more they seem to obey the more they rule.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.

Great hearts alone understand how much glory there is in being good.

This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it!

Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions - writing and painting.

No chains around my feet, But I'm not free.

Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to spot problems at companies like Royal Dutch [Shell].

The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.

Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.

I always tell women that the fact that you're different and that you're noticed, because there are few of us in the tech industry, is something you can leverage as an advantage.

Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.

Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or both is wrong? Not I.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.