Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Getting an education might be difficult, but it makes life easy. Being uneducated might be easy, but it makes life difficult.

Love is the reason why, in confusion, we understand.

One lifetime is not enough to live

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.

There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we killed most of them.

For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

I did not create my life, so I have no right to negate my life.

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.