Politicians are masters of the art of deception.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

If life is a magnificent journey, then peace is the way and happiness is the destination.

You´re going to have to learn how to pat yourself on the back eventually. Start now. It´s not gloating.It´s taking pleasure in life´s goodness

We would prefer all gain and no loss in life, yet that would gain us nothing more than great loss.

Most people, solidly frozen into long-held, common notions, are unable to grasp clearer views.

I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

Whenever you make a record you want to inject something unique into it, that's unique to where you're from. I suppose that's some kind of inevitability.

Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms.