One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don’t believe in the whole thing of just using other people’s money. I don’t think that’s right. I’m not going to ask other people to invest in something if I’m not prepared to do so myself.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

I’m for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.

I never ask anyone else’s opinion. They don’t count.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.

I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don’t have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don’t know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don’t know how much I pay in taxes.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.

Palestinians have no wealth or power.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

The American doctor, in my opinion, possesses a combination of conservatism and that other quality which has put the United States in the forefront in almost every department of science – that is, an eagerness to know what it is really all about in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

I had not expected ‚A Brief History of Time‘ to be a best seller.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven’t belonged to any company or any system. It isn’t easy to live like this in Japan.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

Information is not knowledge.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity.

Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.

Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.