I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Start dream building. See yourself at you best. Transform yourself with determination.

This is Nimrod, because of whose vile plan the world no longer speaks a single tongue.

I write because sometimes I feel I cannot breathe...until I do.

Perfectionism is slow death.

If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.

Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be bad

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?