We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

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

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Comedy is acting out optimism.

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 diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.