Art is most effective when concealed.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

It is only when we first do what we are SUPPOSED to do, that we set ourselves to be successful at what we WANT to do

When we decide to do something, we do it quickly.

It is through the imagination that the formless takes form.

Because I came in second place, it makes me want to work harder

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.

I am myself impressed by the great social advantages of increasing the stock of capital until it ceases to be scarce.

Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.

You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on when it comes time for them to pick up new shows.

Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.