Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

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

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

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

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.