People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.