America Is a Time to think about where you think and where you believe in what you got to live for in life

Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge.

I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.

Darkness is the natural state of the universe. Light, fleeting, comforting as it may be, may stretch to the very edges of all we know. Yet once it is gone, the darkness always remains.

Of what use is it to be tolerant of others if you are convinced that you are right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong? That isn’t tolerance but condescension.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

An eagle uses the negative energy of a storm to fly even higher.

Give yourself permission to be happy. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, what matters is what's going on inside you.

Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed.

Don't use your film for ugly purpose.