Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

When you meet intellectuals wanting in common sense, your frustration knows no bounds.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot log retain it. 

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that put on American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets.

This is a world of action, and not for mopping and drowning in.