"The truth is so precious that she must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies."

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."

"Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use."

"Only the devil wishes everyone to be his friend."

"Maybe the gift of any great person is the power to converse with our own hearts."

"MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race."

"Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help."

"You don't need a lot of the stuff you think you need."

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."

"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

"In general we are least aware of what our minds do best."