Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

The trouble with Germans is not that they fire shells, but that they engrave them with quotations from Kant.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

I think vampires would want to find a way to stay attached to the living, the way human beings do, and that is through love, interrelations and meaning.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from 'hurry sickness.' Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up that really had a powerful influence on the way they view the purpose of life. The experiences that really shaped their values - my wife and I have no memory of those experiences!