Jests that give pains are not jests.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

Give up trying to make me give up

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

Freedom lies in being bold.

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

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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

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

My specialty is detached malevolence.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.