I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.

Anyone that’s involved in development has discovered that all the good work that’s been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That’s the three ways to beat a man.

Generally, the view that I’ve had on Twitter is if you’re on Twitter, you’re in, like, the meme – you’re in meme war land. If you’re on Twitter, you’re in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.

There’s a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.

The Bush Administration’s failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault – they watched the foot come towards their face.

We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.

Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.

Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.

I’ve lived a very colorful life, and I’ve said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I’ve never apologized for them – and I won’t.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

The buck stops here!

People were asleep, but I think they’re waking up now. Trump has given everybody a good kick, and people are waking up and realizing they’ve got to get involved.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame.

The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn’t aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn’t know they existed. I was sheltered.

A disagreement or incident involving someone who’s not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I’ve taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you can’t bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

It is because I recognize the brutality with which my own multi-branched ancestors have been treated that I can identify the despicable, lawless, cruel, and sadistic behavior that has characterized Israel’s attempts to erase a people, the Palestinians, from their own land.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

To me, it’s OK to have differences. But we don’t have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that’s where sometimes we get so passionate that we – you know, it turns into anger.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

Passive aggressors who are adept at this will have trained themselves to remain calm, while you get irritated and emotional.

As long as you blame someone or something else – something outside you that’s bigger than you are – as the source of your problems, the problems won’t get solved.

When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‚I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,‘ you just scream.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

Sexism is everywhere, bro. I don’t know if it’s ever not somewhere.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That’s part of the normal diplomatic relations.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what’s around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.