The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

Close-Up has affected later films that I've made.

No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

There are things I cannot say.

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole.

For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule.

Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.

Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.