They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.

I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.

Beauty is an omnipresence of death and loveliness, a smiling sadness that we discern in nature and all things, a mystic communion that the poet feels.

More than machinery, we need humanity.

What can stars do? Nothing..But sit on their axis!

I am for people. I can't help it.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals; adjust the action steps.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.