Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

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.

there comes a timewhen you have to let goall the wordsall the teachingand trust the infinite

Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.

Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs.

When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.

Any good parody takes a grain of truth and exaggerates it for the big screen. People ask me if I'm offended at all and I say not in the least.

Expressing criticism of society is not being a grouch.

Sometimes I just experiment quite a lot. I've always got my computer set up to record so I'll just record a sort of library of ideas [that] I'll either come back to or use as they stand.