To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

It wasn't so much that I was in search of answers. In fact, I was wary of the whole idea of answers. I wanted to climb all the way inside of the questions and see what was there.

Weakness shown is worse than weakness felt.

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it.

If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.

Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.

I think it's artist's role to give and to receive and the people to give it, hear it, vibe on it, and give it back around again.

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!

The tyrant custom, most grave senators, Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war My thrice-driven bed of down.