When I think of the standing, the importance and the erudition of all these people who see nothing about racism in Heart of Darkness, I'm convinced that we must really be living in different worlds.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Your true beliefs are known in agony

And as she fell apart, her shattered pieces began to bloom — blossoming until she became herself exactly as she was meant to be...

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

If you must flie, flie well.

Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Because if the manifestations that happen in the present moment are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future will be also good and beautiful.

In times of distress strengthen your heart.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

The unconscious creates, the ego edits.