Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

Cezanne said, 'I love to paint people who have grown old naturally in the country.' And I say I love to paint people who have been torn to shreds by the rat race in New York.

Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.

I felt like an impostor, taking all that money for reciting ten or twelve lines of nonsense a day.

When we work from the Soul consciousness, we can shape our own destiny.

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.

I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.