Crossing the Rubicon of absolute pain is the only journey of purpose and meaning in life.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Smile like the sun and radiate your light and make this world bright.

We don't have a song, we have a whole album.

He gave a final shake of his coat. I go to the hunt!

The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.

The whole history of man is continuous proof of the maxim that to divest one's methods of ethical concepts means to sink into the depths of utter demoralization.

Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant.

I'm not hugely technical with things, but I guess that the thing I use most is my iPhone, on a practical level.

The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference.

I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and turn it around again.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.