A work of art has an author and yet when it is perfect it has something which is anonymous about it.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols.

If marriages are said to be made in heaven then why search for grooms in hell.

If it's possible, I binge. There are other shows, like 'The Americans' and 'Game of Thrones,' I watch and have to wait a week.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

For me and my wife, it was love at first sight.

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

I never refused an autograph, never refused to buy someone a drink. Now I'm learning to say I've got other things on, instead of doing it and wondering why.

All our relationships, especially the deep ones, stir up the deepest issues for us that we need to confront and work with.

There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat.