We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

When you are angry, do not speak, but close your eyes. You can regain your inner peace with a word of prayer.

How different would your world be if you looked in the mirror and saw your best friend looking back at you?

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?

Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity.

Lost in this young world, I'm just trying to navigate See the pie sliced, I'm just trying to grab a plate.

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.

I loved being around live rocking music, but I never knew what to do with myself socially at a show or club. I discovered that the dance floor was the perfect place to hide in plain sight.