I have a recurring fantasy that one more article has been added to the Bill of Rights: the right to free access to imagination.

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I eat my heart out alone.

I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.

Money is not the result, but the BYPRODUCT, of your good leadership.

Just like any other occupationEntrepreneurship also has stage of remorse.All you need to do is to go more deep to know yourcalling better!

The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'

We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

Change happens when one individual has had enough pain and finds the inner resolve to ask for help and make a difference.

Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.

Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don’t cry. I say maybe it’s meant to be.

Error is created; truth is eternal.