My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong.

As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn’t change the heart of others—it only changes yours.

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

No man should be angry with what is true.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one is useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.

Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.

The things which . . . are esteemed as the greatest good of all . . . can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.