I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. 

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gave you anything.

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.