Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

If you punish them, they are your slaves and if you forgive them they are your brothers.

Later, Xander said, "It's not about you, you know. What Mimi hates is how her life has turned out. It isn't how she thought it would be back when she was your age and on the top of the world.

Let the Moon and the Stars pour their healing light on you...

My acting is a bit like basketball. Most females in my films come off very well. I give great assist. And if I'm lucky, I even score.

The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

I always believe in facts.

I love Mardi Gras. I'm a street rat.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

When you lock a movie's release date and then move it two months, it's just not good. It's good for everything but the cast, crew, and people who are creatively trying to make a film.