The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

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.

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

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Once you label me you negate me.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

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

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.