I don't doubt that a man can live perfectly well on his own, but I'm convinced that he begins to die as soon as he closes the door of his house behind him.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Actually the years when I was playing totally un - well, they were just roles that just went by the board, you wouldn't want to know. But anyway, I'm glad I had that chance to build my craft.

Don't bother to examine a folly-ask yourself only what it accomplishes.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.

Since 1955 the oceans have absorbed roughly twenty times more heat than the atmosphere.

Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude.

The rich are always afraid.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.