True friends share everything, except the past before they met.

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.

All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

Public symbols matter. They are one of the ways we tell each other, and the world, what we honor.

Wake me up when I'm a size 5.

Age is just a number, unless of course your trying to have a conversation with them.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

Next time you think of me like that , say my name when you come. It'll get you off even better.

I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes.

Since humans are by nature tribal, the overall goal is to expand the concept of the tribe to include ALL members of the species, in a global free society.

Value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.

Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.