We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
Sunlight is painting.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
A person preaches well that lives well.
Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.