It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes

You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

When you start to question you are part of the problem.

Motivation is internal. It has to come from within you. Do not seek it anywhere else.

If love comes to you in a way that isn't the norm then at least it came to you

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

You should always say exactly what you think directly to people all the time.

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

You are caught in an empty house, in a box, in a place that is not happy. You are trapped inside you and wherever you go, there you are.

I don't like reindeer. They seem like regular deer, only more dangerous.

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works.