Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.

When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.

When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.

Enough for me is the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality. There is in this neither a will nor a goal, nor a must, but only sheer being.

If we do destroy most life on this planet, science says it won't be the first time.

Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.

I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

Our old experiences, memories and fears guide us down the present path. It's not so much that you are the artist; you are the conduit.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.

States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves.

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.