A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the cave.

No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

Keep faith, love and hope in your heart.

Trust the one with experience, not the one with ideas.

The activation or survival of happiness in one's mind doesn't depend on external things. All that it needs are some consistent positive interpretations of your life and its experiences.

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

Power floats like money, like language, like theory.

I've always dreamed that George Lucas would call me one day and ask me to be in one of the 'Star Wars' films.

Soundwaves. It’s the difference between one stillness and another stillness.

Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection.

Federal nutrition programs are the first line of defense for food insecure Americans, but do not meet all of the needs of everyone who needs help.