Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

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.

But what is a person, George? How much is a person worth? Are we nothing but dust that is whipped up and spread to the winds?

You can't have something without nothing.

People fascinate the hell out of me. I never get tired of watching people, listening to people. The best part is not getting up in front of people but meeting people.

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.

I draw people as I see them. I'm not involved in making artistic masterpieces. My, my object is to mirror people and I've always done that.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant.

No one is born a writer; literacy is a peculiar mode of being, but I was all about stories from a very early age, before reading.

As the saying goes, you might as well be yourself; everyone else is taken.

We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.