To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.
The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
We make our own fortune and call it destiny.
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!
If any one say that he has seen a just man in want of bread, I answer that it was in some place where there was no other just man.
Theres no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, Im playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money.
Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight violence with nonviolence.