No exceptions to exceptions!

Life always involves some logic in its manifestations, and logic, as a rule, excludes the versatility of life from its considerations.

Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.

Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.

Philosophers wonder when they do not know, artists when they do.

Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.

Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.

Everyone is born with a different mind and the same heart.

Truth is what reconciles thought and experience.

The biggest challenge for human mind is human mind.

A mind can be empty of thoughts but a heart cannot be void of feelings.

If I left any good or planted any flowers among thorns, the credit goes to God and my many substantial friends.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

If I were a snarky Reddit user though, I would say, hypothetically, that that would just be like reading Reddit's Front Page a day later. But I'm not going to go there.

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

[Barack Obama] was comfortable when he had the foil.

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.