Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

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

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

Effective action is always unjust.

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.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

A lie never lives to be old.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

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

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

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.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.