We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

The death of loved ones often awakens the death inside of us.

There's going to be space travel at some point.

With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films.

I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

But it still feels like it's a reach for me. I am more comfortable doing a drama. I feel like I know what I'm doing a bit better there. But it's good to be scared.

Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms

It really is a shame that the truth is perceived as an extreme position.