Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.

When two lovers discover a language of their own.

A hundred words put together to formulate an excuse will never resolve a conflict, political justifications are silly lies.

I believe we all have one true love, somewhere in this world I do.

When you elect chicken hawks, chicken hawks take you to war.

Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.

You can't be reluctant to give up your lie and still tell the truth.

I'd like to work with David Lynch again.

If somebody comes to a neighborhood coffee hour, or goes to a discussion group, and they have a discussion, I do think that people really walk away with a real understanding of the issues.