You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.

Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will never die.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Never take advice from a donkey.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.

Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!

One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

Once again there was the desert, and that only.

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

The forces you are struggling with, that you feel are holding you back - are illusions. They are not real - they never have been. See only the good that you desire in your mind.

Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Art must touch our lives, our fears and cares – evoke our dreams and give hope to the darkness.

Microorganisms will give you anything you want if you know how to ask them.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show our gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.

It just feels good to play again. That's what keeps me going. I've focused harder because of it.

Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.