One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

Film is the ultimate canvas, the elixir of art, and the magic of life.

The more optimistic you can be the more resilient you will be to whatever challenges life throws at you.

We look back on our life as a thing of broken pieces, because our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes.

So much of the pain we feel is based on resistance to what we can't change. Allowing yourself to let go and feel how you feel in the moment is a blissful thing.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Expectation brings frustration. Private ambitions bring failures.

It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to.

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.