His Majesty has always been a powerful man. Perhaps he has never had to distinguish between the two.

I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.

I felt something stir within me. It took a moment to recognise it. Anger.

Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women.

You have forced your way into my Hua, Eona. Change me. First, by your power- then, just by who you are.

I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self.

There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory.

It is also important to understand that a hidden nature is not always an evil nature

Too many doubts grow in the cracks of silence and separation.

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.

Ignoring your conscience is the first violation of Truth.

What matters is that life is good. It has a lovely texture, like some rich cloth or fur, or the petals of flowers, and everything else worthwhile. And that's as true for the last man as the first.

Perhaps some day I'll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.

Because rights are only claims against other people, and not claims on other people and their property, rights end when they infringe on the rights of others.

I don't look to the negative people because the only people who ever tell you that you can't do something are the ones who haven't done it themselves... the ones who failed.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

In some parts of the world, you get scrutinized for saying the wrong thing about art and in other regions, you get scrutinized for saying nothing at all.

Science is the only true guide in life.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.