You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway...

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.

The solutions to the problems of the distraught lower strata of society are problems that can only be solved in the context of an overall political, cultural, economic development.

The man who comes to a right belief about God is relieved of ten thousand temporal problems.

Now I've come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable. There's no such thing as "fixed" culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems. Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I'll find my way - or get totally lost.

Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.

The problem right now, which I've been pointing out very bluntly to American officials in Washington, is that the U.S. has no economic presence in Afghanistan. The Afghans can't point and say, "Oh, the Americans built that road. They built that telecommunications facility. They built that electricity powerhouse," because nothing has been built so far.

I was the music dude that was naked all the time with the girls, and that's fine, no problem with that.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

A problem is something you can do something about. If you can't do something about it, then it's not a problem, it's a predicament. That means it's something that must be coped with, endured.