The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

Become a fountain of peace to spread the flow of joy to everyone.

Speak your heart. If they don’t understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off.

I support freedom and I support a free market economy, but it should be a socially oriented market economy. I support globalization, but it should be globalization with a human face.

Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so... Libra women are pretty magical.

Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

Women need a space to be creative -- creativity thrives in solitude.

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it.