"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."

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.

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

I think I'm a happy man, and I'm a blessed man. I have been able to adjust to any situation, whatever it was, in my life.

Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived.

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