The animals haven't split apart into what they think and what they feel. They are whole and trust in their instincts.

The glue between the horn that pushes and the sinew that pulls. The glue gets ignored, but you know, Ahai, up to half of a bow is glue. I suspect Ogodoi is the son I can least afford to lose.

In the rare air of that altitude he forgot he was he. One way or another that was the aim of life. Shamans flew outside the self in ecstasy. Other people found love, or causes.

Tchingis, if you determine this is to be so, who can withstand you? You are poetry after an ugly day, and heal wounds I didn't know I had.

Such coincidences were the rhymes that God wrote into fate, his chords of music.

He only knows a single thing to clasp, that like God can't be split up into pieces: our honesty to one another.

I am a neighbour king to stretch my branches over him, just as Toghrul sheltered me when I was a weed-stalk next to a strong tree.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!

A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life

Hate is a lot like love. It's warm and fills you up until every part of you is tingling to release it.

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .

Modern science has its value in terms of utility, but it cannot open up existence to human experience.

The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent.

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now the last few years it's gotten more serious.

Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.