The best way to know any future is to cause one.

Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.

One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes to them.& We wonder why they went mad and bombed Pearl Harbor when they knew they couldn't win. That [the Japanese language] would be a reason.

Communication is the universal solvent.

I have high hopes of smashing my name into history so violently that it will take a legendary form even if all books are destroyed.

On the day when we can fully trust each other, there will be peace on Earth.

Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble.