In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

Those who fear darkness have never seen what the light can do.

Forgiveness is a comfort, but it doesn't bring back what you lost

We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with the arts.

Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but important ways.

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage.

Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full, is the only way to have our heart be full and open.

The rich's paradise was created by the poor's hell.

In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for artists to get radio play and break overseas.