The way people move is their autobiography in motion.

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.

The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they commit. Crime is the natural offspring of an unjust society.

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cause there's a hole where your soul should be, you're losing control of it, and it's really distasteful.

A simple change in mindset in a moment can change a whole set in a moment.

A day without prayer is a boast against God.

The "social contract," in the only sense in which it is not completely mythical, is a contract among conquerors, which loses its raison d'être if they are deprived of the benefits of conquest.

You can't analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

When I was diagnosed with swine flu, it was a big relief that Young Saeng was with me. When everyone wouldn't eat with me, Young Saeng was the only one who ate stuff like curry with me.

I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

There are two great injustices that can befall a child. One is to punish him for something he didn't do. The other is to let him get away with doing something he knows is wrong.

Film is a truly magical medium. You can create illusions of reality, make people think they've seen things that they really haven't - like blowing a guy's head off with a shotgun.