Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Products come with a WARNING label that reveals what they are made of. People come with one too

Your personal dignity was always more important to you than mere emotion, wasn't it?

I have to forget in order to find peace in my soul and be able to forgive.

There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.

I want to make meaningful music always - I think every artist does. We want our words and melodies to mean something to people, even if it is just one person.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

Communication comes with practice. As a leader you must speak the truth; listen for understanding; and learn from what you hear and do not hear.

I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.'

If we lived for reality, we'd be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going.

A book? O, rare one, Be not, as is our fangled world, a garment Nobler than that it covers.