There is nothing more ancient than the truth.

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

With me, everything turns into mathematics.

Let whoever can do so deceive me, he will never bring it about that I am nothing, so long as I continue to think I am something.

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.

Having been a lobbyist myself you can't overstate how easy it is to get things done your way. It's a complicated policy and many lobbyists are trying to wreck amendments as we speak.

It's about finding meaning through light. I'm always interested in tensions. A primary one is the collision between the familiar and the strange.

Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.

From the outset, the Christian was the theorizing Jew, the Jew is therefore the practical Christian, and the practical Christian has become a Jew again.

In my new book, 'Birth,' my goal is to share the path I have traveled in the spiritual sphere and in the business and philanthropic sphere in order to reveal the essential connection between the two.

Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders.

When I was younger, I didn't even realize the way I think visually is different.