Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Freedom lies in being bold.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

The day of individual happiness has passed

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.