It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes!

When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes.

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

I've got everything I need: a nice piece of land with hawks and owls and incredible sunsets, and the good will of my neighbors.

You shouldn't need 60 full minutes to create a portrait that an audience doesn't forget. You should be able to make an impression that's lasting and resonant with one scene.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.

All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent.