"Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending."

"Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning."

"There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance."

"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years."

"Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine."

"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."