“Better never means better for everyone… It always means worse, for some.”

“As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process. You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.”

“Variation does not mean evolution. If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking, and in changing, it might be for the better or it might be for the worse.”

“Barack Obama was always better at explaining the meaning of democracy than at fighting its opponents.”

“War is at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that the other fellow isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.”

“It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of a specific activity or method. It must always relate to a better life for everyone.”

“Better information awareness does not mean less personal freedoms. Feeling safe in school is a prerequisite for a conducive learning environment. Everyone should be free to express their opinions, voice their concerns, and become better informed.”

“It is better not to know and to know that one does not know, than presumptuously to attribute some random meaning to symbols.”

“Although the world is quiet, it does not mean that everything is going well. It can also mean that everyone is praying to God to make their tomorrow better, waiting for the situation to change, so that life becomes happy as before.”

“If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.”