The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

[W]hen trying to understand the character of the modern mind, it is impossible to separate the effects of genes and the developmental environment.

Every flower is a love of a dancing sun, ready to kindle your heart.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.

Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.

Lies are usually caused by an undue fear of men.

Unfortunately, many children throughout the UK witness violence in the family home. Let's stand up for those children. Domestic violence needs to stop.

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership