True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for?

Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing - but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.

Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.

The ability to forget the past enables people to free themselves gradually from the pain they once suffered; but it also often makes them repeat the mistakes of their predecessors.

I have a dream that I will fulfill. And nothing else will distract me from my path.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself

The ages of greatest public spirit are not always eminent for private virtue.

I like entertaining people. I really miss it.

Its's just that... this is the realest thing I've had in a long time and it scares me a bit.

I hope that I can turn some of my fans that might be homophobic or supporters that might be homophobic and say, "You know what, we're all one people. This is love."

The human intellect is the great truth-organ; realities, as they exist, are the subjects of its study; and knowledge is the result of its acquaintance with the things which it investigates.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

I'm sometimes asked about my productivity, which I find a bit embarrassing to be honest. I don't really have a particularly interesting answer to this question.

Usually it's a pretty calculated, sustained, and slow process by which you develop something. The effect can be one of spontaneity, but that's part of the artistry.

There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate - when a particular course of action just feels right.