You can make a text mean anything, especially if it’s old and full of ambiguities.

Then she leant over and kissed him very slowly, with infinite tenderness. As if she had had to wait an eternity to do so.

excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I take a pencil or graver into my hand.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance

You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.

I don't play golf or all those things people normally do for business. I do parties. That's where I bring people in, showcase ideas and, in the end, do deals.

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at the moment. Tolerance doesn't mean accepting what's unfair.

Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.

Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.

The cars themselves are getting smarter and will be increasingly able to assist drivers - to the point where the cars will be completely automated.

You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.