One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.

Your educators can only be your liberators.

Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.

Try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting yourself an aim, a goal... an exalted and noble 'to this end.' Perish in pursuit of this and only this

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Horse racing is waning in popularity.

Canon is basically a very aggressive company. Our company works on competitive principles. It does not treat people equally, but it does treat them fairly.

If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

It's true, I do like cheering people up.

A tough fight against evil is the duty of good man.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.

Creativity is very self-indulgent.

Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.

It's kind of funny. When I got my diagnosis - cancer - I said to myself, 'Why me?' And then, the other day, when I got the good news, I said the same thing.