Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Books may well be the only true magic.

Service is the key to self-discovery of full strength

There is no more prideful creature than a man born poor.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

A poet, to whom no one cruel or imposing listens, Disdained by senates, whispers to your dust.

A successful account enables us to understand human knowledge in general.

The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.

...and nostalgia swept through Jimmy like a sudden hunger.

It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.

I love reading and I love thinking - the reason that I love my books so much is that in order to write them I have to read and to think for years at a time about the same period of time.