Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

Knowing my soul is my lifetime-study.

We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts

how many times had I begged Mom to divorce him already?

There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

If there's anything that is the center of my career both creatively and emotionally, it's the Olympics.

I call myself a FFP: former fat person, and when you're an FFP, you will always see in yourself what people used to bully you for.

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults.

If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me.