Seeking the ideal has a long history, it produces many saints but few paradigm changes.

True values are not taught and declared, they evolve through the acts and interaction of the living, they are understood at a near tacit level by those who live them.

Art is an imagination, crafted over innocent dreams and vibrant integrity.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

She thought of the Good Shepherd with His sheep. Of the Man hanging upon the cross. And the understanding bubbled up within her soul: He makes all things new.

Bonobos are... ambassadors from a primordial world of peace through pleasure, inviting us in one kiss at a time.

I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.

Sometimes you have to experience the bad, so that you can learn to appreciate the good things that enter your life.

The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Donald Trump agreed with Hillary Clinton supporting John Kerry. He agreed with Hillary Clinton on being - quote - "neutral" between Israel and the Palestinians.

Non-Russian readers do not realize two things: that not all Russians love Dostoievsky as much as Americans do, and that most of those Russians who do, venerate him as a mystic and not as an artist.