Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

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

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

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

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

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

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

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

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

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.

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

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

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

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.