Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link to the world, and home is wherever he is.

Baggage is a funny thing. The more you have of it, the heavier it becomes and the longer it takes to reach your destination in life.

There is no pressure to perform, to succeed, because we already have. If your family and community accepts you, who else must you impress? Just yourself and God, ja?

A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.

The man who most vividly realizes a difficulty is the man most likely to overcome it.

Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when clinging to power is the only idea left.

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

We put our fingers in the eyes of those who doubt that Libya is ruled by anyone other than its people.