“A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.”

Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

Place principle above all else.

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.

As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.

Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

What one does in one’s art, that is the breath of one’s being. What one does in one’s life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.

I’m an artist. I produce, I direct, and all of that goes into the music.

I want first and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I want to do for them what happened to me, but better.

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.

I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

I really can’t speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way.