In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

The essence of one life is empowering another life, and so your passion has to be linked to the liberation of other people’s happiness.

God is also need money to sustain his existence on this earth.

Worries flee before a spirit of gratitude.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I didn't moisturise when I was younger, but when I got to 27 I decided to start slathering myself in oil, and now I'm obsessed with moisturising.

Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness.

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.

For me, Venezuela is very important, not just because it's a place I go to conduct, but because my family is there - my wife, my parents and my musical family.

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)

A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.