Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black.

The way I grew up was making the right play every time.

You learn that not all things fall into a certain kind of pattern that can be predictable and that can be understandable and that's going to be easy, you know.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don't suffer if you know you're loved and valued.

Sometimes you need to make difficult choices.

There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

When you cross the whitewash, you only think about the present.

Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

Seek home for rest, for home is best.

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.