Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.

If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.