To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.