The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Yesterday is gone, live for today and leave a legacy for tomorrow.

We are faithful as long as we love, but youdemand faithfulness of a woman without love, and the giving ofherself without enjoyment. Who is cruel there--woman or man?

Yet should there hover in their restless headsOne thought, one grace, one wonder at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest.

If you can hear the birds singing, you're in the right place

Only the elites despise earning money.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

If you can't, then you must!

My contacts with the film industry can be described in very simple terms: The industry does not really need me, and I do not really need the industry.