We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.

Every country has the government it deserves.

To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.

What is needed is not a revolution in the opposite direction, but the opposite of a revolution.

It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity.

Every individual or national degeneration is immediately revealed by a directly proportional degradation in language.

Information is the key to success, anywhere and everywhere. Right information matters the most. This applies to your work place too.

Fear left unrestrained always leaves us running ‘from’ something. Fear harnessed compels us to run ‘to’ something. And fear denied leaves us running in circles.

Greatness is what happens when you relentlessly push yourself to continuously create a better you.

Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.

I think Queen tribute bands are great. However, we have to keep them at arm's length, otherwise it could be too dangerous.

You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill.

The Master and Margarita is my favorite. To me it’s the greatest exploration of the human imagination.

He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.

Chess is a miniature version of life.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.