Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

An idea is salvation by imagination

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.