I am not an Athenian nor a Greek but a citizen of the world.

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.

We should be disciplined and responsible and then our prosperity will be stable despite any economic crisis, inflation or a change of government

Sometimes, the only cost to experience an ecstatic moment is a decision

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.

You never hear someone called beautiful who neglects themselves.

Give yourself a chance to see how much better life will get. And it will get better.

It's my policy not to review funerals.

I'm a bit of an alchemist sorceress. I've collected probably 1500 oils from around the planet over the last ten years. I'm kind of obsessed with the sensuality of it.

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.

Just because you've failed once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.