What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Anak muda adalah kegelisahan derap langkahnya adalah perubahan.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else

If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism.

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

I really try to think cinematically, because that's how people read. They create a theater in their minds.

And if this is illegal, then sue me!

You can learn to direct yourself to be peaceful inside regardless of what is happening with your body.