Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.

Your mind is the most fertile and largest land in the universe. You can grow anything you desire.

Our peace comes from remembering our wholeness and that the end of desire is the beginning of a life filled with Light.

Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences.

I thought we were out of money!? You can't simultaneously fire teachers AND tomahawk missiles.

I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.

Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.

Your mind has some clearness and capacity for right thinking; it opens towards the heights, but for its own sake, - to receive light from above for its own activity.

I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because of their affirming focus on the power of love to heal wounds and transform lives.