Harvard University

An answer can only be as good as the question asked.

'Wait, what' is at the root of all understanding. 'I wonder' is at the heart of all curiosity. 'Couldn't we at least' is the beginning of all progress. 'How can I help' is at the base of all good relationships. And 'what really matters' gets you to the heart of life.

Our stories are ladders that make it easier for us to touch the stars. So climb and grab them. Keep climbing. Grab them.

At the core, none of us were meant to be common. We were born to be comets, darting across space and time — leaving our mark as we crash into everything.

Education is no equalizer — rather, it is the sleep that precedes the American Dream. So wake up. Lift your voices until you've patched every hole in a child's broken sky.

The only answer to more hate is more humanity. We gotta replace fear with curiosity.

Achievement is wonderful when you know why you're doing it, and when you don't know, it can be a terrible trap.

Your inexperience is an asset, and will allow you to think in original, unconventional ways. Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.

I learned early that my meaning had to be from the experience of making the film and the possibility of connecting with individuals, rather than the foremost trophies in my industry — financial and critical success.

To be or not to be is not the question. The vital question is how to be and how not to be.

Your inexperience is an asset and will allow you to think in original, unconventional ways. Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.

Whereas children here had ghosts and the boogeyman, our equivalents were our governments.