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

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.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

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

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Effective action is always unjust.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.