I think its important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.

There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them.

I personally think President [Hosni] Mubarak, who's done a lot for Egypt, should acknowledge that his time has come and step down right away.

Planetary democracy does not yet exist but our global civilization is already preparing a place for it. It is the very Earth we inhabit linked with Heaven above us. Only in this setting can the mutuality and the commonality of the human race be newly created with reverence and gratitude for that which transcends each of us and all of us together.