An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.

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.

To perceive is to suffer.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?

The life of man is a winter way.

It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is going to hear.

I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.

All progress is experimental.

It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.

It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.