“Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”

Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good.

Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.

The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance.

Give your weakness to one who helps.

Still never had any friends because I hate everyone for they were so phony.

Still never had any friends because I hate everyone for they were so phony.

Who then will dare to say I’m weak or timid? No, they’ll say I’m loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

We can always be a source of light to those around us.