Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

Those who don't know must learn from those who do.

Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…

No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.

Comics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world.

If there is anything I hate in a woman, it's want of character.

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness.

Take me and my role seriously. Take my talent seriously.

It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.

It's the independent movies. Most of these people never even got a wrap party on their movie.

I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.