It is my nature to be a friend of the friendless.

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. 

It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actress. You have to give them something that they can act with.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. 

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. 

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.