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

Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.

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.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not any man’s greed.

If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

The Rich must live more simply so that the Poor may simply live.

Could I climb to the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and proclaim, "Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth, and take so little care of your children to whom one day you must relinquish it all?"

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

Put every great teacher together in a room, and they'd agree about everything; put their disciples in there and they'd argue about everything.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. ... As for the types of comments I make, sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence.

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.

If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act. At Live8, 2 July 2005.

He who walks straight rarely falls.

Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.