Every generation has underestimated the potential for finding new ideas . . . Possibilities do not add up. They multiply.

Growth springs from better recipes, not just from more cooking.

Never waste a crisis.

Human material existence is limited by ideas, not stuff, people don't need copper wires they need ways to communicate, oil was a contaminant, then it became a fuel

In a sense, Britain inadvertently, through its actions in Hong Kong, did more to reduce world poverty than all the aid programs that we've undertaken in the last century.

Possibilities don't add up, they multiply.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Intelligence is the ability to harness the powers of the surrounding world without destroying the said world

Although we look at ourself as One, in the real world we always experience ourself as TWO.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

Never underestimate a dumb question.

There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Since childhood, I have been painting, for no special reason, numerous dots and nets, drawing from the hallucinations that seem to appear endlessly. I can't explain why if you ask me.