All the tragedies which we can imagine return in the end to the one and only tragedy: the passage of time.

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.

An investment in self-development pays the highest dividends.

The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Time can't be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up ... I do them.

Norbit operates on the principle that vulgarity is automatically funny. Crassness doesn't need a joke attached because it is (in and of itself) the height of hilarity.

I went to Harvard High because it was a great school. That it happened to be a military school was just a part of it. I gained from the discipline there.

Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.

Music has an immediate effect. If you want to go beyond that and look underneath, film is a good way of explaining.