‚Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.

People want you to fail.

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

My friends ask me if I want more kids, and I always say yes, I want more; it’s the best thing you can have in your life.

Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth, or the complete truth so far as we know it. In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation because we know that we do not know all the laws as yet.

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

You’re born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there’s a loophole.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

If you do things, whether it’s acting or music or painting, do it without fear – that’s my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there’s nothing to lose.

I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.

It’s not morbid to talk about death. Most people don’t worry about death, they worry about a bad death.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Honor thy error as a hidden intention.

Which death is preferably to every other? ‚The unexpected‘.

That’s another hallmark of truth, is that it snaps things together. People write to me all the time and say it’s as if things were coming together in my mind. It’s like the Platonic idea that all learning was remembering. You have a nature, and when you feel that nature articulated, it’s it’s like the act of snapping the puzzle pieces together.

I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, – superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Hell is other people.

People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.

I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.

Thinking isn’t agreeing or disagreeing. That’s voting.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.