When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.

Let today be the day you love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life

Knowledge is the best economy we can have.

To expect punishment is to suffer it

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs.

An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and it holds the world together.

Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.

In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.