I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

I never believed in the danger of a third world war.

A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with tremendous intuition for people, and a great instinct for what was right.

I discovered [Joan of Arc] toward the age of ten or twelve, when I went to France. I don't remember where I read about her, but I recall that she immediately took on a definite importance for me. I wanted to sacrifice my life for my country. It seems like foolishness and yet...what happens when we're children is engraved forever on our lives.

Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.

I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.