To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski

When you live for the purpose of making a difference for the people, for society, for the things that are beyond you, then significance will not be able to elude you.

Life is full of surprises, so you may as well get used to it.

I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.

Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.

A love story - your own, or anyone else's - is interior, hidden. It can never be accurately reported, only imagined. It is all dreams and invention. It's guesswork.

I use charcoal a lot. Partly because it has such a fantastic range but also because it is very easy to erase. For me, drawing is a lot to do with taking out, with returning to the white of the paper.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

Barack Obama is not the kind of guy we want in the Oval Office leading America. We do not want somebody who doesn't like his own country, for whatever perverted, convoluted, stupid reasons.

When you say yes to life, you attract divine guidance. When you're inspired, you're collaborating with fate. Everything starts working for you.