At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

When you live positively it is impossible to not also be living for something greater than yourself.

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing. You gotta shake your tail feathers.

Candour and generosity unless tempered by due moderation lead to ruin.

There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion.

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.

Focus on being grateful for what you have already .. enjoy it!! Then release into the universe. The universe will manifest it.

Some people need flowers, some people need dandelions. It's medicine, it's what you need at that time in your life.

Bootstrapping is a way to do something about the problems you have without letting someone else give you permission to do them.