Ignorance is the cause of fear.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

I've never wanted more, until I met you.

Someday, I plan to buy a house in Goa, do only one movie a year, and spend the rest of time painting, learning how to cook, cooking for friends, and doing yoga.

In the created world around us we see the Eternal Artist, Eternal Love at work.

Don't write about what you don't know even if you don't know it.

It's how you live that really counts

I would insist that poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people.

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.

Don't wait until you feel like taking positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it.