The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco)

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse.

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.

He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.

Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a new beginning and a better world.

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing.

In the process of letting go, we create abundance.

Several people toss and turn in their sleep, startled by the lines of the newspapers in their dreams, knives out, lights out, lights out, knives out!

Always look ahead with great hope and believe in timeless possibilities.

To learn from our enemies is the best pathway to loving them: for it makes us grateful to them.

I've found that film-making's not just a job, it becomes part of your whole life.

Get unstuck from whatever it is you perceive is holding you back from realizing your dreams.

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

If you believe, sometimes unbelievable things are possible.