The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

The twenty-first century will be spiritual or it will not be.

I don't argue with my enemies; I explain to their children.

There's no such thing as a grown up person.

In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

Ignorance is an illusion

The mind of a soul is beyond another’s imagination.

The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.

I would rather have a player who showed a bit of heart out there than one who just accepted things.

Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is will. The will to make it happen.

Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.

I like predictability because I know what I'm getting into.

We become adolescents when the words that adults exchange with one another become intelligible to us.