The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.

One of the things that has always surprised me is why Americans are so patient. Because they have seen not just that freedom has come, what they have seen is that there are some who used to be poor who are very rich, stinking rich some of them.

I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.

I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.