The way I look at it is this: If you try to obey the law, and the judges call you a criminal anyway, then you might as well live up to the name.

Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?

There is far more happiness in a life that is your own than a life in which you are handed the lines to say and shown the gestures to make. Do not ever be ambitious.

A little self-doubt is a good thing, " said Jia, "but not excessive doubt. Sometimes we live up to the stories others tell about us.

I've always thought it nonsense to believe something true simply because it was written in a book long ago.

There is often no line between perfection and evil.

Emperor, king, general, duke, ” he whispered to himself. “These are just labels. Climb up the family tree of any of them high enough and you’ll find a commoner who dared to take a chance.

A loyal servant does not think of things outside of his control.

To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to work with our practice day after day, no matter what arises.

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.

So lively brisk old fellow don't let age get you down. White hairs or not you can still be a lover.

We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

I'm always after putting people in extreme circumstances. I'm always after not knowing what I'm doing in those extreme circumstances.

Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.

Personality is lower than partiality.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.