A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Letter to Harry S. Truman.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk.
Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

風　Swift as the wind
林　Quiet as the forest
火　Conquer like the fire
山　Steady as the mountain

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

There is no way to peace; peace is the way.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew. When asked if he was a Hindu.