Forgiveness is not the act of doing nothing to the one who hurts you. It's easy to do nothing, but hard to forgive.

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles.

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy.

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

It is better to hope less than to be hopeless.

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?

Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.

Perception defines everything.

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning.

When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.

All sorrows are bearable, if there is bread.

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.

You want to take action every day, not sit around waiting for something to happen.

Some people reach the age of sixty before others.