In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

The most beautiful work of art that we can create is this life.

It has always been my contention that an individual who can be relied upon to be himself and to be honest unto himself can be relied upon in every other way.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race; the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

There’s a massive glitter ball in my head and it has never stopped turning

Whenever they say it can’t be done, remind them that they make a jellybean that tastes exactly like popcorn.

As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.