To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Never fear the thing you feel-- Only by love is life made real

There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.

Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too.

The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.

It is always hard to hear the buried truth from another person.

You act at being a man, and before you know it, you are one.

A party is a political tool. If it's no longer useful, it should be crumpled up and thrown away.

Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.