They know how to think. From the Arabs I have learned one thing: if you are led by Authority, that means you are led by a halter.

They killed him because he was too innocent to live.

You remain a follower for life when you pay for what people do while nobody pays you for what you do. Do something impressive and become a leader!

When I was little, my mother used to tell me that the universe was made in sparks. Would that mean that at the beginning, someone had clacked two cosmic stones together?.

When you beat a drum, you create NOW, when silence becomes a sound so enormous and alive it feels like you're breathing in the clouds and the sky, and your heart is the rain and the thunder.

Here have I come to die, ' he said, 'and where else could I ask to die but in your arms?

By comparing the human and chimp genomes, we can see the process of evolution clearly in the changes (in DNA) since we diverged from our common ancestor.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.

There are some writers who wrote too much. There are others who wrote enough. There are yet others who wrote nothing like enough to satisfy their admirers, and Jane Austen is certainly one of these.

You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.