We are living in a very complex society. It puts me in a complex frame of thinking.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Gods tender mercies are over all His creatures.

I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'

Hope does not necessarily have to take an object.

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you? Rick Blaine: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

Again, mercy is literally love in action.

I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is that you're not able to hear.