First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

My art and profession is to live.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.