In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Man to woman

The thinking at the epicenter of most human conflict: “I’m right

Where the quality of life goes down for the environment, the quality of life goes down for humans.

Decision has greater virtue and force if taken after there has been eloquent dissent.

You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you.

I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me.

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land.