Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be served.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Anything you do, do with love and enthusiasm.

Appeals to the Young and the Young at Heart.

Remembering is not enough, if it simply hardens hate. Sometimes the hating has to stop.

If you love somebody set them free- it also works equally well if you hate somebody

A problem cannot be solved at the level of consciousness in which it occurs.

In India, whichever language you write in, the possibility of people not understanding irony or not understanding [remains there]. This as a writer is most terrifying!

I'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.

Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!