It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster. There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Art becomes an honest expression once done for oneself. Failure of that results to empty and transparent art.

Jello's Biafra kind of like my weird, retarded uncle. He's part of the family.

My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong. And the more you decide about, the more wrong it gets.

We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.

American workers are first rate.

For me as an actor, I find it's most creative when I'm bringing myself into the role rather than putting the role on. I feel like it's more of a cathartic experience.

A Gentle Man and a Gentleman.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.