If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Creation, in all its splendor and misery, in all the beauty and ugliness of its myriad forms, is how God manifests His presence in time. Creation is God in time.

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

Military action is never the first thing that you jump to. You always look at other possibilities, including economic sanctions, tightening the screws.

If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.

An essential idea is that if you give to some person or endeavor in life, you will make that more important.

Everything may serve a lower as well as a higher use.

God is growing bitter, He envies man his mortality.

I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.

When a silhouette or shape is as beautiful as it is functional and relevant, that's true luxury.

Western Tibetan Buddhists are always looking out there at the distant snow peaks and they lose the flowers along the path.