I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

Progress grows out of motion.

Give wind and tide a chance to change.

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold.

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

I'm not worried about where Barack Obama is from. I'm worried about where he's going.

The goal of the work is always for it to come across as original material, as transformative material.

John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

I've calmed down already. I don't hook up anymore.

Music has always had the ability to comfort and inspire.

Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.

It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his blessedness, misery should forthwith result.

I really like cable T.V.

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.