I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

Each soul is potentially divine.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Genius is sorrow's child.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.