There's a reason why golfers walk forward to their next shot. It's to move on.

If better were within, better would come out.

I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more.

Carmen will always be free.

Wings are like dreams. Before each flight, a bird takes a small jump, a leap of faith, believing that its wings will work. That jump can only be made with rock solid feet.

Each day, the goal is to receive knowledge and remove ignorance. This reveals what we all search for. Wisdom.

It's not what you learn, it's the way you learn it.

I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself.

Why study things of no use? To learn you don't need it and concentrate your efforts on what is important to you.

A tree is no more valuable than a seed. Both are simply at a different stage in their development.

Discipline is for professionals. Motivation is for amateurs.

Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

This is by far the most serious crisis civilisation has ever faced.

I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you plug into a socket that activates a sound and light show.

I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50's and early 60's. I was able to work with him.

Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.

Young people, especially, are looking for religion so desperately that they are inventing new ones. They should not have to invent new ones; the old religions are pretty good.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

I've had death threats, if you can imagine.

It was fun shooting with Josh [Holloway], not just how great he is, but just how handsome he is.

If people don't like [my film], the ship's sailed. There's nothing I can do about that.