It is impossible that the whole of truth should not be present at every time and every place, available for anyone who desires it.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Somebody stop the world. I'm scared and I want to get off.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.

Choosing the right mask helps you... We went through many masks. It was very particular leather that as soon as you smudged it, you had to get a new one. We went through about 55 masks.

Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

[Composers] Mark [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] are unreal.

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.

If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?

I think hypnosis is entertaining. I believe it's real.