What is human is immortal!

Time is money.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Don't stress over being yourself. The act of being yourself is simply to be. Be without changing yourself for others. Simply be.

I can't seem to recall if I've ever had amnesia before.

- But we can't help falling in love. - We can't help defecating either. But we can choose where and when we are going to do it.

We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

I've been very lucky in my life to have some great teachers.

You have to move beyond that vision of the way your life has always looked and begin to picture your life as you want it to look.

In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise.

I rarely feel like I'm in chaos, but when I am, I usually [retreat] and try to find the eye of the storm; if I'm still and listen and don't engage, maybe the chaos will subside.

I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.

It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.