Nothing crushes the soul of a father more than the loss of the beloved son he failed to lavish his love on.

Life is a mighty joke that is not meant to be funny.

It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.

A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,

True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,

Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.

Lies and partial truths complicate life.

Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man’s worst selfish instincts.

Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.

There are times in life when we need to allow a sad memory to run its course.

A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.

Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

You know, I love traveling and I love being exposed to different cultures, but really it's the people that I've met along the way, not the places I've been, that have opened my eyes.

It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.

The man I am will always raise a protest against the man I wanted to be and the two will live together to the end, but the man I wanted to be will be the one on whom judgement will be passed.

Comfort is the enemy of the artist.

I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.