The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.

Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

Simply by changing our thoughts, we can sow the seeds of happiness in the garden of our minds.

We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.

He finally had a reason to live, just in time to die.

Dont look for something that isn't there, because you're never going to find it

Ignorance never settles a question.

Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that he should do so to the exclusion of my thinking for myself.

Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.

No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this, maybe because i am very proud to be a Muslim

The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.