You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

You can't beat me. I have the mind of a warlock with adonis DNA. Winning!

He was searching for something greater, if there is a thing greater than love, and he could not settle until he found it.

Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.

I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation.

Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.

I certainly think that a Labour Government will have to have effective powers to control the outflow of capital.

My father died in my arms. That's tumult. That's everything exploding.

Women really are not supposed to be imaginative. That creativity of this kind is supposed to belong to men. You know, because women make babies. I find the double standards shocking.

When people say, 'I believe in Jesus', look them straight in the eye and ask, 'Which one?'