I think; therefore I am.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

De omnibus dubitandum

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

The chief cause of human errors is to be found in the prejudices picked up in childhood.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

But we are only termites on a planet and maybe when we bore too deeply into the planet there'll be a reckoning. Who knows?

It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because its part of my journey.

The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.

It feels kind of naughty when you're swearing on set and you know it's gonna make it in unbleeped on the show.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

I know I'm not musically talented.

There was a time in my recuperation and healing where I just had to tell myself it is just time to get up and live your life the way you want to live.

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. And that's why I put Don in several of my movies.