Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.

The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.

Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile. (Le surplus du coeur - Déborde d'un sourire)

The great ideas you met on your path are the genius sculptors which shape the shape your mind!

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.

You want to hate somebody, if you can, just to keep your powers of discrimination bright, and to save yourself from becoming a mere mush of good-nature.

Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?

My fight against untouchability is a fight against the impure in humanity.

All authority comes from the people.

If the human being is condemned and restricted to perform the same functions over and over again, he will not even be a good ant, not to mention a good human being.

There are rhythms in the world waiting for words to be written to them.