“If you don’t want to do something,don’t impose on others.”

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

One joy dispels a hundred cares.

A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.

Don’t use cannon to kill musquito.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people’s ideas and thoughts and words, because I’m very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

When you feel your life’s too hard, just go have a talk with God. Well, he’s the only free psychiatrist that’s known throughout the world.

You are not free until your past has no effect on your future.

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today.

The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and that triplets coding the same amino acid may well be rather similar.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.