Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

No matter how old you are, simple things can still bring you smile

Renown is a source of toil and sorrow obscurity is a source of happiness.

When the people you love are gone, you're alone.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

When people access the use of force for the threat of violence they have, by definition, a new political power. An unwanted political power.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.

New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.