I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve.. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationalist, relations between Japan and China have paradoxically improved a little.