Each soul is potentially divine.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

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.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.