A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others.

Filial Piety is the principle of Heaven, The righteousness of Earth, And the (proper) conduct of the people.

Daily, I examine myself in three areas. Have I done my best when doing things for others? Have I been trustworthy in my dealings with my friends? Have I revised the lessons I have been taught?

A gentleman makes friends by learning together with others, and he looks to friends to help him cultivate benevolence.

Part of the urge to explore is a desire to become lost.

Of all the world's civilizations, America was the one that most needed losers.

Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.

I'm going in a really weird I-don't-know-where direction, but I prefer anything [different] from how standardized filmmaking has become.

Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

We'd get in the car and i'd look over at John and say 'Christ. Look at you. You're a bloody phenomenon!' and just laugh because it was only him.

Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.

Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not.

But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?