Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

The dividing line between those who will be great and those who will be mediocre is the amount of time each person converts into added value to himself.

Children are the bridge to heaven.

Learning is a life time journey that opens flood gates of opportunities.

I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.

He who never says "no" is no true man.

Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant.

Every man today is the result of his thoughts yesterday.

So there might be a kind of collective effort that allows for those risks to be taken, pose a certain danger but not a suicidal one.

Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.

It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books.