I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Tomorrow's fast becoming our Past.

For if the car drives in the wrong direction better fuel doesn't help.

Revolutionary behavior and violence are usually only indulged in when people are at their wits’ end. So social stability depends a lot on how long their wits are.

Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.

There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.

I've got a passion for what I'm doing and I feel privileged all the time.

Social ties are the cheapest medicine we have.