There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

An arch never sleeps.

A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith even so is he.

If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two he replies four loaves.

A man becomes like those whose society he loves.

True happiness consists in making others happy.

Help your brother's boat across and your own will reach the shore.

Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs all mortal creatures exist depending upon one another.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.

Teaching is the human thing, in terms of building the kids' self-confidence, so if we take the broad ways that we want to see society to be better, science can only provide certain pieces of that.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

When you are completely free from boundaries, you don't have to have a huge number of material things. You already own something far more precious. You own yourself.

Why was love such an addictive drug? Why did loving someone cause such suffering?

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.

I regard this conclusion as coming in the same sort of category, of historical probability so high as to be virtually certain, as the death of Augustus in AD 14 or the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70

Public commentary absolutely influences my work.

Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.