Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.  

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green - God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.