Dictators are bound to usurp democracy at the very first opportunity. 

Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he is well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

The contemporary media is guilty of shortchanging the real meaning of news.

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigar and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the interval between them.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

It is a narrow path that leads to the entry gate of objective journalism.

Whether you call it Buddhism or other religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.