We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Kind and lovely thought originate from God while evil and revengeful thoughts are initiated by the devil.

The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I'm not that complicated. I'm pretty straightforward. And I'm not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.

You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you.

We do have treaty obligations with our NATO allies.

When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our pain and that of others.

If by noise you mean uncomfortable sound, then pop music is noise to me.

I once did a - the first piece on Malcolm X that anyone had ever seen in the - white press.