In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

There are books of which the bags and covers are by far the best parts.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. 

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Heaven and earth represent the carrot and stick theory of management in religious philosophy.

The last moment is past; this moment is present; and, the next moment will be future. The past, present, and future change with every tick of the clock.