I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.

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.

Religion has always been an irrelevant aspect if my life. The people here are either pissed of atheists, or religious freaks waiting for God to save them.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

Be prepared. A dog is adorable and noble.A dog is a true and loving friend. A dogis also a hedonist.

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.

We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.

If we ... capitalize on the very real strengths of older people, then added years of life can dramatically improve quality of life at all ages.

Marriage is such a mark of adulthood in my mind.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.

My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.