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.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

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

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

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

A leader leads by example not by force.

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.

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

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

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.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Find purpose, the means will follow.