There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

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

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.

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

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

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.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.