Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

When I got into "Anna Karenina" and "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment," that was the stuff that - that had a big effect on me, because it was so psychological.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

Spending time in a church does not make you religious, any more than spending time in a garage makes you a car.

A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.

That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.

Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say "I have succeeded" in the end.

If I had a party to attend and didn't want to be there, I would play the part of someone who was having a lovely time.

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.