The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

Dare to risk public criticism.

Memory... is an internal rumour.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

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

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!