All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Courage is grace under pressure.
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
His modesty amounts to deformity.
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that in his heart which is capable of responding to it.
I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
