The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.