The artist must be blind to distinctions between 'class' and 'popular'. The artist must love life and show that we can be a mirror to the world and humanity.

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

International politics is a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is foolish to expect states to behave according to moral principles.

The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces, the more astonishing becomes what human beings have achieved.

Don't let the sun go down on me.