Character is determined by choice, not opinion.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Mac had many admirable qualities, but not tact. He was the sort of man who would have tried to cheer Napoleon up by talking about the Winter Sports at Moscow.

But instability like mine needs considerable distance to pass for mere quirkiness.

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's good therapy as well.

I have great respect for Sean Penn. It's like most relationships that fail. It's not one thing, it's many thing that go on over a period of time.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

Labor in loneliness is irksome.

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.

Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.