“Beginning to do good for others is a small and simple step to improve the world.”

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.”

“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.”

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”

“A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.”

“A correct theory is the first step towards improvement”

“To be simple is no small matter.”

“[About compassion] You can have the ‘golden rule’—do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But then you take it one step farther—where you just do good unto others, period. Just for the sake of it.”

“Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.”