Just after Kim Jong Il's death, the official news agency put out an article saying that under Kim Jong Il's rule, the people had been like naive children without a care in the world.

The reality is we all have to work together to make it work. We're going to be congenial with everyone. We're not telling people to park on the street.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.

I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.

If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.

Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

Persecution happens when we stand in the face of our enemy. Friendship with the world is to conspire with that same enemy.

Spiritual ignorance helps nobody.

The Word of God is our measuring stick against all deception.

As Christians, we're supposed to be the salt of the earth, not the filler.

Love is a risk. It always is. None of us is guaranteed a long life. But love takes courage.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.

What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still.

Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.

The standard is not writ on the stone. The definition of the standard is that it is the best way to do the job for now. It should be regarded as a next step to make further improvement.

Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.