I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance.

The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance

If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down,

“They may ignore your achievements. They may ridicule your vision. They may speak poorly about you. They will win, if you lose confidence.”

I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when you hear a song and you go, 'Oh, that song understands me,' that's an amazing feeling. I get it when I listen to the radio... That's a beautiful part of music.

The changes that happened in my life from doing these movies are so permanent that I don't think I'll ever really say goodbye, it'll always be a part of me, the Hunger Games.

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well."

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

"Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised"

"These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men."

"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors."

"I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid."

"I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!"

"When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve."

"To achieve release, man kneels before a million Gods, in frantic pain. If he but blasts the ego within the Goal is reached, he is freed indeed!"

"I don't know what he was trying to achieve out of it, whether he was trying to get under our skin and unsettle us a bit. But when you make statements like he has, then it puts you under a bit more pressure yourself. I guess sitting here right now we've had the last laugh."

"How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our ideals can be replaced by pride in doing all that we can; and that anger can be channeled into creative achievements... and into dreams that we can make come true."

"The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly."

"You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much."

"You can't get work without working."

"Make a wish with all your heart and chase every dream you have. Only you can reach your goals. No one else can achieve them for you"