If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field to score.

Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.

We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.

Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.

History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up.

This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.

"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."