God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.
We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me, much, very much has been given. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart I shall say that life is good.
Happiness is like the mountain summit. It is sometimes hidden by clouds, but we know it is there.
The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.
A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
Those who adhere to the ideology of rejecting Israel`s right to exist, they might as well reject the Earth beneath them or the sky above, because Israel is not going anywhere.
Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia - that is, nowhere.
I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.