There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. Your thought, even a bad one, while it is with you, is always more profound, but in words it is more ridiculous and dishonorable.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.

The longest travel-path leads to the sacred-destination.

In Chinese business culture, humility is a virtue.

Avoid having to pump your brakes by keeping your flow on cruise control.

Today's sales should be better than yesterday's - and worse than tomorrow's.

I believe you are more believing in the Bible than I. I am not, and, you are much happier than I.

Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.

There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

Kelly was aware that there is one type of favorable bet available to everyone; the stock market.