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

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

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

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

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

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

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

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

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.