Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before the eyes and ears of the world.

For me a simple message, to think and act with courage, independence and imagination.

Every age has its beautiful moments.

I live my daydreams in music.

Man's will, sustained by an indominable conviction, is much more powerful than material forces that seem insurmountable.

The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.