Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

Life must be lived as play.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.

We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa, stretching her hands of influence throughout the world, teaching man the way of life and peace, The Way to God.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.

The most appealing thing to me about food is combining and layering flavors, tastes, and textures. So the perfect sandwich has to be toasted. It has to have Emmenthal Swiss cheese and a combination of sweet and savory - some cranberry or fig thing happening - with different kinds of meats like Black Forest ham and roast beef.

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.

I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.