To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction.

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.

All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.

The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.

The French have made conversation their claim to civilisation.

I think the hero in our generation is not the individual but the pair, two people who together add up to more than they are apart.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.