I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. 

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.

One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.

 Even  P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E ends with the letter 'E.' There can be no patience after that. 

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.