To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

How well you cross a storm of life determines your testimony about it

I want constructive energy generated by every brushstroke and between every line.

But, as Einstein once said, “For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5

Drawing is the sum of directions.

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

I've never even been to bed with a man. Never. That's how pure I am; I have nothing to be ashamed of. My gods made me the way I am.

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.

The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race.

Know that you were made [the way you are] for a reason.