“If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell.”

prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.

What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man’s mind be washed without bleaching his soul?

to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.

you must not use wood to put out the fire.

Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist – too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.

each of us has been given the ability to reach God with our prayers. … Whatever form it takes, each prayer is an invitation for God to bring his power into another life. God wants to help us, but he waits for us to seek his help.

I haven’t made a movie for a while, but I’ve watched a lot. It’s my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.

In the end, living is defined by dying. Book-ended by oblivion, we are caught in the vice of terror, squeezed to bursting by the approaching end. Fear is ever-present, waiting to be called to the surface. Change brought fear, and fear brought destruction.

In today’s world, most people are working side jobs while waiting to do what they really want to do.

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses.

What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.

I’m calm and focused and I can’t wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.