It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave.

To snatch the passing moment and examine it for signs of eternity is the noblest of occupations.

Faith is one of those words that connotes, however irrationally, some kind of virtue in itself.

It is almost impossible to convince people who are under the influence of ideological bigotry that whose whom they regard as belonging to the enemy species are human.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

Luck is believing your lucky.

I've said my patience is not infinite.

Sports is a way of entertainment, to people who are in different backgrounds, and for people who dedicated their lives to achieve the best in sports.

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun. There is always a bright side - even if only that it is not worse...and it can always be worse

Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him.

To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.