Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.

Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better.

When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?".

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -Krishnamurti.

when the cat's away, the mice will play.

There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.

Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one safety.

women: can't live with them, can't kill them.

My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.