Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Only the educated are free.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.