A vision without a practical plan to develop it, is only that… “a vision.

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

The man of reflection discovers Truth; but the one who enjoys it and makes use of its heavenly gifts is the man of action.

If God had not made Sherry, how imperfect his work would have been.

I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather.

I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more #‎ romantic than the present day

Nonviolence is absolute respect for each human being.

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

I do not teach students anything. I learn along with them.

Enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first an ideal which takes the imagination by storm and sec ond a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.

The mostimportant victory is the one which has to arrive.

We sit in meditation and cry to God, we cry to the light, as little children, knowing God will do everything for us.

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.

Am I always in contact with Reality, or do I only pray when things have gone wrong, when there is a disturbance in the moments of my life?