"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"To secure peace is to prepare for war."

"A new vision of development is emerging. Development is becoming a people-centered process, whose ultimate goal must be the improvement of the human condition."

"Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds)."

"You keep changina€? the rules and I cana€?t play the game. I cana€?t take it much longer. I think I might go insane."

"Philosophy and the subjects known as 'humanities' are still taught almost as if Darwin had never lived. No doubt this will change in time."

"Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist."

"A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended."

"The argument that making contraceptives available to young people would prevent teen pregnancies is ridiculous. That's like offering a cookbook as a cure to people who are trying to lose weight."

"The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent."

"If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based."

"Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."