Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

That's what it felt like---that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.

If readers understand that they do not understand what they are reading then they must possess an understanding which is superior to the meaning which caused that misunderstanding.

I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.

What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.

In the enterprise, the trend is towards smaller, more powerful standardized systems where Dell is uniquely positioned.

Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right, then all other human rights will be easier to establish.

I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me. I feel only a slight disgust, and a sort of wonder that they presume to write my name.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.