Asking the right questions will never lead you to the wrong answers.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Man is a social animal.

The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person. When this is done, I feel contact has been made.

The world is a mountain, in which your words are echoed back to you.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

Everything you say should be true but not everything true should be said.

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense to everything.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

The free flow of conflicting ideas and feelings is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind.

I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

You don’t have to depend on any material possessions, they depend on you, you create them, you own the one and only tool of production.