There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.