Effective action is always unjust.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.