All sins are attempts to fill voids.

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.

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

His head was pounding and his vision skewed in some way and he was vaguely amazed at being alive and not sure that it was worth it.

Ralph Waldo Pickle Chips! I don’t know him.

I'm not making every decision due to my children. But I do hope they never see some movies I'm doing. But I do want to do more family-friendly movies.

I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change.

Let me tell you who the immigration system in America does not serve. It does not serve you the American people.

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

When it comes to little girls, God the father has nothing on father, the god. It's an awesome responsibility.

Do you think a man is the only creature with whom one may fall in love?

I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.