Everyone has his besetting sin.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?

I don’t have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.

Most artists have retired too absolutely; they grow rusty, inflexible to the flow of currents.

Until the President produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.

The secret of landscapes isn't creation...It's maintenance.

To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.

Words are powerful vibrations, use words to uplift your spirits and heal yourself.

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

Innovation comes from people who take joy in their work.

Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.