World history is tragic.

Power is paradoxical.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

I am profoundly fascinated by cruelty, fear, horror and death. My films show my preoccupation with violence, the pathology of violence.

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody.

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.

Time to open up a new chapter in life, and to explore a larger centre.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is not an exact science.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Politics is the art of the next best.

Politics ruins the character.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.

We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond.

You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.

Dog is God spelled backward.

In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.

Faith is the substance of hope - of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So if you can hope for it and imagine it, and keep imagining and hoping and seeing yourself driving a new car, or seeing yourself getting that job, or seeing yourself excel, seeing yourself help that person - that is faith.

We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them.

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide.

Almost any shark, three or four feet long, could kill a human being if it chose to do it. It could make you bleed to death. But they don't.

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs.

We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member.

If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude.

All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

I do support artists standing by their beliefs and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics.

Real religion is no religion at all.

When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind.

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.