Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

LIFE says Loneliness Is Friendly Enemy

Even after going to law school, following the footsteps of my father (an accomplished lawyer and judge at the time); I realized that the suit would never replace the kimono!

I think I'd like to be best friends with Björk, because I'd like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.

I never relax on the year before. Every year I want to get more out of myself so I use it as a driving force, rather than a pressure thing.

What is gayer than believing in a household god?

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%.

In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore.

Mind is blocking the fountain of intelligence like a rock.