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

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

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

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

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.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

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

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

An idea is salvation by imagination

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.