One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in the hands of people of low status, a class it holds in contempt.

A door jumpsout from shadows, then jumps away. Thisis what I've come to find:the back door, unlatched.Tooled by insular wind, itslams and slamswithout meaningto and without meaning.

Trust who and what you are, and the universe will support you in miraculous ways.

I don't believe Chinese movies should only have Chinese cast and talents shooting it with a Chinese story.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.

True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.

I'm always looking for perfection. Every photographer, in one way or another, if he's serious, is. He ain't ever going to get it. But hope springs eternal.

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

Oh, the naive Obama State Department. They say we can't kill our way out of war. Really? Tell that to the Nazis. Oh wait, you can't. They're dead. We killed 'em.