Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed by philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.  

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

 Anger cannot be suppressed forever. Pressure cookers burst. Volcanoes erupt.

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

Once you buy a house, you are stuck with the pros and cons of the house.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.