"The only limit to human potential is a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children."

"God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch."

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

"It is a profound truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."

"The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this."

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

"I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as we were deeply opposed to the Taliban destroying the two historic buddhas which they blew up. So I think we ought to all oppose burning the Koran."