None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

It’s one of those times when the question is its own answer…. The writing is itself the solution to the inability to write!

Prosperity is a great teacher adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind privation trains and strengthens it.

On the road of experience, join in the living day; if there's an answer, it's just that it is that way.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.

I'm not big into the caveman look like some guys are. But I think it's pretty awesome that guys are more attuned to themselves and making beards a part of their style.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

Whatever my situation, I'm a strong disciplinarian; I can do what I hate to do but do it like I love it.

I believe that whatever your religious preference, there has to be a commitment to family because everything really does start there.

I feel Amazon is really bringing films into the future. So for me it was the best of both worlds.

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together.