That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.

Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet.

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.

Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.

You must have a twinkle in your eye, a naughtiness - and the audience must realize your mind is working faster than your words.

I have a big collection of quotation programs...In particular, I like MCR Software's Wisdom of the Ages, which has the best selection of relevant quotes I know.

A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.

I haven't placed any limits on myself

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.

When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.