I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

Man must strive, and striving he must err.

He who cannot love must learn to flatter.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

The world is full of contradiction.

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.