"Reality, unlike perception, cannot be changed by propaganda."

“History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view, belief in simple solutions, lack of balance of mind, absence of an imaginative understanding.”

“I'm proud to be one. I feel a lot stronger, a lot sexier and I think that all of that is reflected in my music.”

“I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.”

“I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.”

“I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.”

Source : "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

“There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.”

“People are motivated by fear, but they are not inspired by it. Everything that inspires us comes from love.”

“I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.”

Source : Dolly Dialogues (1894) no. 22