The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

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

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

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

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

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

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

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

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.