There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning and foam together.

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river.

Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall.

...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach—it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

I've always believed that the only defeats and victories that matter in life are those you lose or win alone, against yourself.

I believe that that love remains strong and intense in your memory because it was your first deep aloneness and the first inner work that you did on your life.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

The problems we have with our current technology often reveal our own human foibles, and it's these new emotions of cyberspace which reveal our struggles.

Nothing ever happens by chance; everything is pushed from behind.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.

I never took any vocal training

Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.