Fear not; the things that you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of.

ALL MEANINGFUL KNOWLEDGE IS FOR THE SAKE OF ACTION, AND ALL MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR THE SAKE OF FRIENDSHIP.

If you love a person, you love him in his stark reality, and refuse to shut your eyes to his defects and errors.

What other significance can our existence have than to be ourselves fully and completely?

Faith is a practical attitude of the will.

It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.

I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.

I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.

The challenging part of parenting is to stick to your ideals and not give in.

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

A man is just a woman's strategy for making other women.

Discipline is part of my professional training as a lawyer.

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me.

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.

...he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say 'The town is near,' but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges.