A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

If he treats you a choice like A, B, C, and D, help him understand that YOU are not belong in the choices.

There are no racists in America, or at least none that the people who need to be white know personally.

I was pretty sure if I tried to sing, all I would cause was an avalanche.

With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.

The world is not bound to get better as a result of new discoveries in science and technology, nor is it bound to get worse, there will simply be new opportunities for making it better or worse.

We’re in the Customer Service business—we just happen to provide airline transportation.

I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really.

What right have you to take the word wealth, which originally meant well-being, and degrade and narrow it by confining it to certain sorts of material objects measured by money.

Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another's needs creates empathy.