The secret of my vigor and activity is that I have managed to have a lot of fun.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.

The human psyche is a self-correcting mechanism.

Destiny is the point where your circumstances and your actions coincide.

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

Just remember, though you may have an ample set of well-wishers who would pray for you, there would always be an extra set of prayer called out for you in some part of the world.

A friend who betrays you is an enemy.

The love for money is only one among many.

You never know how a good quest is going to end.

I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.

I'm having too good of a time.

I'd rather be really good at something or not do it at all.