The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

People say love isn’t supposed to be painful. But maybe the best things in life are the ones that hurt the most after they’re gone.

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics deal with paranoia and feeling like "the man" is in control somehow.

But after all, the villains are the salt in the soup of a story.

I speak my mind. I just speak my heart. I will not turn away from any question.

When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.

I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

Make things better than they have to be.