I will lead my people by the hand along the road until their feet are sure and they know the way. Then they may choose for themselves and rule themselves. Then my work will be done.

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

Victory is for those who can say "Victory is mine". Success is for those who can begin saying "I will succeed" and say "I have succeeded" in the end.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

The supreme guide in life is knowledge.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

We are faced with the incredible challenge of creating high quality content for a crowd of skimmers. The faster you understand this, the more effective your content tactics will become.

What an incomparable creature is the sea! ("Absolute Evil")

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

If a fighter suffers defeat, especially in a fight he feels he won, it will never leave his mind. He is always going to want to avenge that loss.

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

The happiest people are focused on living their own life (not someone else's) as well as possible.

Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.

I thank God that I have been meeting so many people who want to help me.

Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.

Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.