I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Be wise in time. What youth sows, old age must reap....Sow to yourself rather in righteousness: break up your fallow ground, sow not among thorns.

There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.

With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.

You're staring," Lana said. "Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear have a tendency to cause staring in teenage boys.

As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.

Understand death? Sure. That was when the monsters got you.