To ask me whether I could endure to live without friends is absurd. It is easy enough to live out of material sight of friends, but to live without human love is impossible.
War is the mother of everything.
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent. "
The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.
It is in changing that things find purpose.
You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.
Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term planning and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives.
While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it
We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.