In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

History is written by the winners.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away.

A woman in her late sixties described her new iPhone: "it's like having a little time square in my pocketbook. All lights. All the people I could meet.

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people.

The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and whole at the same time.

I consider myself 'local' in Sweden.

You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]

The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.

How is it that you live, and what is it you do?