The living thing is not the clay molded by the potter, nor the harp played upon by the musician. It is the clay modeling itself.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

Erotic longing is really a longing to merge with something greater than oneself. For every kind of love is a force that holds the promise of taking us beyond the limitations of our individual lives.

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

God is found by those, With kind hearts.

Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.

Sure, I'd like to be like the House of Chanel

If I had a normal life Id quite cheerfully go mad and fall over right now

But when this happens to you - and I think other people would identify with this - suddenly, colors are brighter. You see everything.

When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.

A lot of the players I'm with, thank God, we're all still vertical. We've lost so many great players through the years, and we're still standing, as Elton John says.

Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.