You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

There is a pride in speaking this language.

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

The secret to your future is hidden in your daily routine. You have to be self—disciplined to spend your time wisely.

If you want to save youself from problems just hold the hands of truth

Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

Mankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence.

The publication of the third volume of Capital has made hardly any impression upon bourgeois economic science.

I wonder if Dave Bearden still dislikes me.