If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses.

Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

The average person expels flatulence 15 times each day!

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be.

Don't they get afraid, then?" "They have a religion for that.

Books seem a little old-fashioned, but hey, I can do old-fashioned if it's good.