Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

O the divine, O my love, I don't want to seduce you with my wealth or splendor, but with my love and deepest gratitude.

Dogs laugh but they laugh with their tails.

I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready.

Scientists' minds may jump around like amorous toads, but they do seem to accept such behavior in one another.

People won't start dumping Google en masse; Google is a habit.

The best style of writing, as well as the most forcible, is the plainest.

I don't think I've actually drunk a beer for 15 years, except a few Guinnesses in Dublin, where it's the law.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.