Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it, you can practice no other.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

Try, start always at home. This is my encouragement to all writers, start at home. All virtues and vices begin at home, and then spread abroad.

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.

We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a life sentence, which they could neither revoke nor modify.

A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.