Humanity owes the child the best it has to give.

All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.

Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.

The only international language in the world is a child's cry.

We have to devise means of making known the facts in such a way as to touch the imagination of the world

Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds

Every war is a war against children.

All wars are waged against children

I love buying books to create my sacred library.

Wisdom does not only reflect itself in a person’s knowledge of what to say. It appears also in his knowledge about how to say it and when it should be said!

I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.

Luck is believing you're lucky.

In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea.

Budget grows out of the story. If you're writing a story with people caught in an elevator for most of the film, you're pretty sure it won't be a $200 million movie.

Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their pain and offering them understanding.

The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.

Time and the Ocean and some guiding star and High Cabal have made us what we are.