Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

When the wind blows, the grass bends.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.

If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.

Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.

I'm fighting for the right to get married. For other people.

I have Many Problems in My Life. But my leaps don't know that. They always smile

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the stranger!

I used to write as an escape. There's no escape. There's just me sending my voice into the dark, waiting for an echo.

Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

I'm definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won't. Then three years later I will finally try it and it'll kill them. I got to give them more credit.

We are here lounging our time away, doing nothing, and having nothing to do. It gives me great regret to be passing my time so uselessly when it could have been so importantly employed at home.