Character is simply habit long enough continued.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

There is in each person, in every animal, bird and plant a star which mirrors, matches or is in some sense the same as a star in the heavens.

When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.

I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.

We have to challenge ourselves and be innovative so as to change the world. Get to this level of thinking. No small dreams, do big things!

I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel

He's a scoundrel, young Brad Pitt, who led me, his elderly colleague, astray more than once.

I can't wait to retire from acting and just sit around and get fat.

Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.