In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model for our action.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

Disarmament requires trust.

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

I hate the way my mother thinks.

To be a good friend remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like and that as we give we get.

The best thing about being rich is the freedom freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

I live for challenges. In my career, all I want to do is try to challenge myself and have a varied career.

If you get in a battle with someone, you don't get their power if you win. Power is something that you have to acquire yourself, through self-inquiry and the practice of meditation.

There is still consciousness in hip hop.

I don't think I'm particularly sexual, no more than anyone else, though I am very creative.

When you're dealing with subjective matters, there's no wrong or right answer, it's just, "What do we think is best for the show?"

You're listening to [the songs on Random Access Memories] and they're future classics. They've brought the sound of something that's been lost for a long time.