“The road must eventually lead to the whole world.”

You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!

I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.

While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.

There’s wisdom in wine.

Pain or love or danger makes you real again.

Life must be rich and full of loving–it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.

The beauty of things must be that they end.

Pretty girls make graves.

I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.

So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.

Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.

The only difference between Gorbachev and other Soviet leaders is that Gorbachev is alive.

I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.

I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

One of the most important things you can do to have your voice heard, get the leadership we demand and the justice we need, is to vote.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.