When the candles are out all women are fair.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

She stays in the same spot, anchored by the profound, desperate loneliness of a bad relationship.

It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

We need women friends, women who challenge us.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.

Your faith has saved you; go in peace.

Erdogan wants an old-fashioned Islam, if you will, for lack of a better term.

The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.