A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Your greatest obstacles usher you to your greatest rewards.

Beating drums while doing a kindness to someone is a very ugly show of ego!

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

How much do you love me?' Midori asked. 'Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,' I said.

I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

On my left knee I have a long scar from an ACL operation. I've had both knees reconstructed.