I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

We are a little land. And little lands on the borders of a great empire were always hateful to the lords of the great empire. He longs to blot them out, gobble them up.

Music is powerful. It sets the mind and body and soul free in a way that I've never fully been able to understand. Maybe because it's not meant to be understood. It's simply meant to be experienced.

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.

As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge.

Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale!

The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions.

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

The media assume that if your life or liberty is on the line and you have a lot of money, you automatically get the best.