Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.

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.

No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear But grateful take the good I find The best of now and here.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else.

Nothing is more dangerous in practice, than an obstinate, unbending adherence to a system, particularly in its application to the wants and errors of mankind.

I'm pretty adaptable and can adjust to any environment.

Check it out, forgot to say hello to my neighbors. Check it out, sometimes I question my own behavior.

But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.

Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.

Literature has become my life.

This little patch of earth and this little pile of stones I can wash the dust from off my face and skin But this earth is in my bones