"Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins"

"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"

"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"

"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"To the wicked, everything serves as pretext"