"I have no illusions about the perfectibility of man, but I do believe in the possibility of progress."

"The world is too complex, too interconnected, for any nation to imagine it can isolate itself and remain unaffected."

"A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, it pounces."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"The artist is the most dangerous element in any society, because he is the one who dares to question the established order."