“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

All right, then, I’ll go to hell.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

Sometimes there are people who don’t know how to make action movies – and that situation isn’t a good one.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.

So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.

Accident is simply unforeseen order.