In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity

...try to remember that dreams do come true, but they don't come easily.

Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it proved it proves too There was no Melody.

I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.

I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think and I assume it's what I said.

Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.

I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

I just don't believe in generalisations.

Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways.

When I'm answering questions from the Denver media, I'm not worried about what the Broncos' people are going to think. I'm worried about what Belichick will think.