In a sense, Britain inadvertently, through its actions in Hong Kong, did more to reduce world poverty than all the aid programs that we've undertaken in the last century.

Every generation has underestimated the potential for finding new ideas . . . Possibilities do not add up. They multiply.

Growth springs from better recipes, not just from more cooking.

Never waste a crisis.

Human material existence is limited by ideas, not stuff, people don't need copper wires they need ways to communicate, oil was a contaminant, then it became a fuel

Possibilities don't add up, they multiply.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Unfortunately the leading proponent of ignorance in our society has become the very same institution that was created to fight it - The Church.

The length of words used to explain something does not determine the quality of the thought. Yet, I tend to believe that the shorter one can say something, the better it is.

We each have words for "love" in our languages. What would the world look like if we acted on that one word for humanity's sake?

Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

Mealtime's the only time I get to devote to the things of the spirit.

Painful life is brutal and painless life is superficial.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible.

The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.