“A man is literally what he thinks”. This might be a shocking statement, but everything is a state of mind.

There is nothing that will enable you to pursue your course in greater peace than the patient bearing of insult. Patience is not passive, on the contrary it is concentrated strength.

“Experience gives us confidence, but we never get experience unless we step out and try things we have not tried before.” 

Mind is an ultimate reality which is aware of itself and is not the seat of our empirical consciousness – by “being” mind instead of “having” mind.

Choiceless awareness – do not condemn, do not justify. Awareness works only if it’s allowed free play without interference.

I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that attack force.

The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once...I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii...

“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.” 

Skill to do comes of doing.

“the clearest view is always from the bottom. Kennedy” 

“American travel seems to need an advocate.” 

Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

“Free government works well in proportion as government is superfluous.”

“There is history in what is dismissed as prehistory.” 

“the model for the U.S. Constitution was not ancient Greece but the Iroquois Confederacy. Then,” 

“As with all inferior things, this part of the city was given an adjective while the rest stole the noun.” 

“All movements need a few people who can’t be fired.” 

“Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.”

“Forget about party labels. Just vote on the issues and for candidates who support equality.” 

“I’m not sure we can understand another country if we don’t understand our own.” 

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

“Voting isn't the most we can do, but it is the least.” 

“I began to understand with a terrible sureness that we teach what we need to learn and write what we need to know.”