Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.

Receive a guest with the same attitude you have when alone. When alone, maintain the same attitude you have in receiving guests.

Upon retiring, sleep as if you had entered your last sleep. Upon awakening, leave your bed behind you instantly as if you had cast away a pair of old shoes.

My heart burns like fire but my eyes are as cold as dead ashes.

Do not regret the past. Look to the future.

We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.

What you're blaming yourself for is being who you are. And that's no one's fault and nothing you can change.

A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.

I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that.

Why can't I be the adorable one?

Will our souls, hurrying on in diverse paths, unite once more, as if the interval had been a dream?

[T]he heart is like any other organ, you can weigh it on a scale.

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.