Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.

To win peace, fight with love not with violence.

I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.

There are atheists, and I love them. In fact, I died for them.

Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.

And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.

I am mad, I think. I am mad therefore I think. I am mad therefore I think I am.

I get blamed for things I have nothing to do with.

In everything, love simplicity.

I think any actor who talks in beatings-up is just talking himself up. I tend to not bring them up.