The next-to-last sentence that the Buddha is reported to have spoken as he was dying, before his final sentence of encouragement to his community, was “Transient are all conditioned things.

Buddha also said that the Dharma, like a bird, needs two wings to fly, and that the wing that balances Wisdom is compassion.

The Buddha’s criteria for Wise Speech include—in addition to the obvious expectation that speech be truthful— that it be timely, gentle, motivated by kindness, and helpful.

It hurt when someone lies to you, and you know that. But you believe him instead because you love him.

The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.

In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not "know your audience", it's "respect your audience, and really know your content".

Only if God tells me to come back. No other way.

Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn.

It’s education that’s meant to take us into this future that we can’t grasp.

Exactness of intention produces elegance of style.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

Quiet! I'm expressing myself!

I made 'Empire of the Sun' in Shanghai in the 1980s and want to come back one day to make a movie in China.