It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Always act as if you were seen.

I've yet to find another soul who believes in me with the same fervency as my mother.

The grossest thing in our gross national product today is our language. It is suffering from inflation.

Anyone, any type of story, it doesn't have to be a crime victim, you don't have to let yourself be food for the media.

You can't live at all unless you can live fully now.

It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles have nothing to do with that.

How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[...]None of us breaks free.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.

Something I don't want to do, ever, is to put Quebec in a position of weakness.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.