It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.

Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

Uthlubul ilma walau bisshin, ” meaning, “Seek knowledge, even if it’s as far as China.” -17

You will need to verify your identity with a sacrifice.""Didn't you ever hear of retina scans? Maybe fingerprints? Something less invasive?

Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.

I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture.

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.

When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious ideas, confusion and insincerity are bound to result.

I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.