The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

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

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

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

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

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.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

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

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Common sense is not so common.

Dare to risk public criticism.