The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

That was an important rule of any game: always make it easy for people to give you money.

On the other hand, when we disown our beliefs, we lose touch with ourselves. We no longer know who we are or what we believe and neither does anyone else.

I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art.

You have to come to the world of enlightenment with open hands, not clinched fists, without an agenda.

We found that we didn't have much problem with him [J.C.], it was his followers we found questionable.

The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.

Come with me somewhere. Please. I've been waiting eight months to talk to you

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

I love con-men characters in film.

I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is in our lives, and not from our works, that our religion must be read.