Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

 The weak loo for scapegoats. The strong defend and justify their actions.

You cannot use an ace of spade to win a game of carrom board.

Complacence among the masses may lead to subjugation bythe leaders.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

The speaker cut short his speech not because he was asked to, but because he suddenly realised that he had nothing more to say!

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

I became the Dalai Lama not on a voluntary basis.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. You just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.