“There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.”

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.

Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Minds differ still more than faces.

When you become larger, the methods you use, the information you have, and people who assist you in attaining your goals should change.

But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind

If you’re going to be a Christian, you’re going to change. You’re going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream.

In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.

I talk to the moon and she tells me its okay to change.

The sudden death of the leading man will cause change, making another man leader. Soon, but too late, the young man will attain high office. By land and sea, he will be feared.

Revolutions are spiritual acts. They appear first in people, then in politics and the economy. New people form new structures. The transformation we want is first of all spiritual; that will necessarily change the way things are.