You do your best work when you're not conscious of yourself.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

There is grace for every great deed.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.

Work without contemplation is never enough.

I think I never passed so sad an hour, Dear friend, as that one at the church to-night. The edifice from basement to the tower Was one resplendent blaze of coloured light.

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.

Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.

Before economics can progress, it must abandon its suicidal formalism.