The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others.

You jealous souls are primeval without a doubt, Teach yourself to eat better instead of trying to eat one's heart out.

Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality.

It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what we have to do, as artists.

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).

It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?

My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.