Maybe violent wickedness can be decapitated, but stupidity has too many heads.

We are in a crisis today because the practical consensus between the left and the right, linking economic efficiency with social protection, has broken down

The warrior must never get angry in war.

The opinions of others are their perceptions. Define your life!

Do it for the kids! The ones who look up to you — especially when they are pleading for their lives." — Bats 2015

For a long time the only time I felt beautiful-in the sense of being complete as a woman as a human being and even female-was when I was singing.

Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.

As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate.

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.