"Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of collective folly."

“If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.”

“The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.”

“I had a wife that did not want me to have a singular regret about chasing my dream, which helped me tremendously. I did not want to have a singular regret. I always held out hope that it was going to turn for the better. That's always what motivated me was hope.”

Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.

“it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.”

Source : Mary Oliver (2008). “Red Bird: Poems”, p.28, Beacon Press

“Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.”

“How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!”

Source : Anne Frank (2012). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex”, p.68, Halban Publishers

“It was the voice of mad seas, roaring immense,/ That shattered your infant breast, too soft, too human.”

“Suicide is a real threat to health.”