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

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

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.

Nothing is harder than to get people to think about what they are going to do.

If you want courage, kill fear and blindfold ignorance

I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.

Once crime was as solitary as a cry of protest; now it is as universal as science. Yesterday it was put on trial; today it determines the law.

I dare hope that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history.

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

I believe that every people and every nation has the right to be free and independent.

I'm not a free trader, but I am a free trader, but I'm also a fare trader and a smart trader. I want to make sure that the United States gains something. So I think you would probably agree.

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.

It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for man.