If one were required to increase the dramatic seriousness of his face in relation to the seriousness of the problems he had to confront, he would quickly petrify and become his own statue.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

I didn’t intend it to come out sarcastically, but I guess that’s just where my tone of voice automatically goes these days.

You are the poemthat sticks in my throatteaching me to whisperwith the voice of my heart.

Despite his care, Reid was still playing with fire, the kind that could without warning sheathe one’s whole life in irreversible conflagration.

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.

The nightmare spirit of control has always been, and is, profoundly stupid.

People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.

I always have a very good relationship with galleries, a lot of galleries and artists, so I don't want any conflict situations.

It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

Compelling spectacles are not to reach a niche market, it could be for reaching a niche marketing but on a grand scale. This is for grand marketing.

I wish I could, instead of destroying things like that, I wish I could build, build, build.