Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades.

Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

The government businesses, they all operate in the Tasmanian economy and as the economy strengthens the demand for services in those areas strengthens.

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.

Alec rolled beautiful brown eyes. "No fair playing the death card." "No fair having it to play.

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

If you are somebody to anybody, you're somebody.