First be a good animal.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Sometimes, challenging a person to do their best is the most kind and compassionate thing you can do for them.

To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything.

We have politicians that are grossly incompetent. We have leaders that are incompetent and we have negotiators that are incompetent.

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

I want to understand how best to create and preserve a form of higher education that we value but that is in jeopardy for many reasons.

When you make a movie, you're spending a month of your life with someone and, down the line, you have to spend more months with them. It is this mini-marriage that you have.

Your happiness is your gift to the world.

The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.