I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes?

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

Truth breeds power, and truth never perishes.

Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.

I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge.

The religious fanatic drew a small circle and left me, the infidel, outside it. However, I, with the help of love, won over him - I drew a large circle and included him.

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.

Fire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.

Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they attained.

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

Breathless and unharmed, we emerge from the mazes of metaphysics and psychology where man and the soul are playing hide-and-seek.

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game

I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it.

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully.

National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.

Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.

Give me more. Let's do what has not been done.

And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.