Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Over the years I’ve seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

Who of us has not had that situation where you’ve got to wait for approval, and the doctor says, ‚Well, I don’t know if your insurance company is going to cover this?‘ Let’s eliminate all of that.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

When you look at how much we spend on social programs in our country, it separates us from a lot of countries. In our country, if you’re hungry, we’ll feed you. If you’re homeless, we’ll house you. If you’re too poor to be sick, we’ll pay for your doctor. But all of that comes at a cost.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

Let’s pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

We moralize among ruins.

I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

Sometimes there are no good guys. There are no bad guys. It seems like everybody is in the middle.

In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.

I think any life can be interesting, any surroundings can be interesting. I don’t think I could have been so brave if I had been living in a town, competing with people on what can be called a generally higher cultural level.

Comedians are sociologists. We’re pointing out stuff that the general public doesn’t even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.

Of course, animals have to be killed for food or to prevent their doing injury to others or to property. But such killing is too often carried out without regard to the pain inflicted.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

We spend our lives, all of us, waiting for the great day, the great battle, or the deed of power. But that external consummation is not given to many: nor is it necessary. So long as our being is tensed, directed with passion, towards that which is the spirit of all things, then that spirit will emerge from our own hidden, nameless effort.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

To some extent I happily don’t know what I’m doing. I feel that it’s an artist’s responsibility to trust that.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.