Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love.

Everything begins with failing. If you stop to fail, then your failing to stop, to try and try again, and bring success.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all to the unborn child, the right to life.

There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

Do not fear the shadowy places. You will never be the first one there. Another went ahead and down until He came out the other side.

I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.

I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought.

I'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall.