"I said to my girl, 'Was it good for you too?' And she said, 'I don't think this was good for anybody.'"

"On going to war over religion: You're basically killing each other to prove who's got the better imaginary friend."

"He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo grove, but the grove caught fire."

"You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right."

"The best richness is the richness of the soul."

"If you can concentrate always on the present, you鈥檒l be a happy man."

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

"As I was walking up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay away."

"To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him."

"Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others."

"Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture."

"The love of money is the root of all virtue."